Review And Finalize Meal Counts

Purpose

Review and finalize the previous day’s meal counts in My Food Program (MFP) each day. Accurate review helps prevent errors and disallowed meals during audits.

Procedure

Step 1: Sign in to MFP through the organization’s approved password manager and navigate to the correct site.

Step 2: Select the previous day and open the meal-service logs for every meal served, such as breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack, and supper.

Step 3: Compare each recorded count with attendance records and sign-in sheets. Confirm that counts reflect meals actually served to eligible, currently enrolled participants with valid meal schedules.

Step 4: If counts are correct, finalize the previous day’s entries and mark the day Completed so the records are locked.

Step 5: If there is a discrepancy, correct the count only when authorized. Support the change with attendance records and document the reason, such as an absence, a meal not served, or a system error.

Step 6: Report discrepancies, changes, or technical problems to the designated reviewer. Include the site, meal-count date, affected meal(s), and a description of the issue or change.

Step 7: Retain backup meal-count forms, sign-in sheets, and attendance records so they align with the finalized MFP entries and are available for review or audit.

Quality checklist

Checklist: Correct site and previous-day date selected

Checklist: Every meal service reviewed

Checklist: Counts agree with attendance and eligibility records

Checklist: Corrected entries are supported and documented

Checklist: Accurate entries finalized and marked Completed

Checklist: Reviewer notified of discrepancies or technical issues

Checklist: Supporting records retained

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