How to Inspect Your School Cafeteria

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find visible evidence of unhealthy food regulations.

   Maybe a picture of old fruit or milk, perhaps proof that the food has more fat than food.
   
   Also record any witness of a cafeteria employee using a dirty cooking tool like a knife.
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   Step 2: Find the facts about what your school/work does to keep your food clean.

   When does an inspector come and checkup the cafeteria? , EX. "I saw (insert the employee name here) use dirty hands and touch the fruit" Keep this inspection private.
   
   If you find that on your independent inspection, you found several health violations, be sure to follow these next steps. , Buy different foods and see how clean they look or if it looks undercooked (old maybe) before eating them.
   
   Check your milk's expiration date and make sure you got it before that day.
   
   Remember to take pictures of any suspected food. , Since you and your friend had different meals all week you can compare what meals were unhealthy.
   
   Now it's time to really crack down on cafeteria health violations. ,,,,, EX. "You should check out the milk, it was a few days past expiration"
   
   Be sure to emphasize that you will reveal the information to the public if changes are not made soon. ,
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   Step 3: Do an inspection looking for health violations on your own

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   Step 4: jot down the violations.

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   Step 5: Find a supporting teacher/worker of the building and make plans to look for violations for one typical week.

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   Step 6: Once you've gathered that weeks data

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   Step 7: make a chart of what foods seemed the most unhealthy or looked old/undercooked.

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   Step 8: Gather all the data and organize it from the oldest to the most recent information.

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   Step 9: Then talk to a representative who runs the cafeteria and ask if you can have a random health inspection during the month of (insert month).

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    Step 10: Tell them you found some violations that you can't reveal to them yet until the inspectors approve they are violations.

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    Step 11: If the person approves

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    Step 12: hire two health inspectors and choose a date near the end of the month for them to do a live and official inspection.

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    Step 13: Show them all the data you collected and what they should focus of looking at.

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    Step 14: After the inspection

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    Step 15: send the results to the cafeteria representative and the building manager.

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    Step 16: You have completed the LifeGuide Hub but be sure to do extra research on health violations.

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