My Food Program Help Center | Disallow Meals In Bulk

This method of disallowing meals is a time-saver because users can disallow all meals for a day or all meals for a participant instead of going meal-by-meal.

Login as a sponsor user
Click on Sites

Select the site you need to disallow
Click on Check for Errors or Disallow Meals

Scroll to the bottom of that page and click "View/Edit Meals Disallowed by Sponsor"

To disallow “By Participant”:

Select “By Participant” in the first dropdown.
Select individual participant(s) or you can select all
Choose the date
Click the green “Load” button.

A table will appear with the roster, name(s) of the participant(s), meal types and each date for the week. If you see the knife and fork icon, with a green background, that indicates a meal was recorded.

In order to disallow a meal, click on the red plus button next to the icon, select the appropriate reason and click save. The box will now have a red background with the number that indicates the reason for the disallow.
You may also select the green “Disallow All” button at the top to disallow all meals in that week with the same reason.
There is also a red “Remove All Disallows” button that you can click if you would like to remove all of the disallows for the week.
At the top of each date is another red plus button. You can click here to disallow all meals for that date. Choose your appropriate reason and click save.

Note: There is a list on this page with all of the available reasons for disallowing a meal. Each reason is numbered and those numbers appear in the table for each disallow. You are able to view the entire week and quickly see the reason for each disallow. You can also print this information for your records with the Disallowed Meals Report.

To disallow “By Meal”:

Select “By Meal” in the first dropdown.
Then select meal type, roster and date. Note that you are able to select all meal types and all rosters.
Click the green “Load” button.

A table will appear with the roster, participants, meal type and each date for the week. If you see the knife and fork icon, with a green background, that indicates a meal was recorded.

In order to disallow a meal, click on the red plus button next to the icon, select the appropriate reason and click save. The box will now have a red background with the number that indicates the reason for the disallow.
You may also select the green “Disallow All” button at the top to disallow all meals in that week with the same reason.
There is also a red “Remove All Disallows” button that you can click if you would like to remove all of the disallows for the week.
At the top of each date is another red plus button. You can click here to disallow all meals for that date. Choose your appropriate reason and click save.

Note: There is a list on this page with all of the available reasons for disallowing a meal. Each reason is numbered and those numbers appear in the table for each disallow. You are able to view the entire week and quickly see the reason for each disallow. You can also print this information for your records with the Disallowed Meals Report.