Record Substitution for Special Dietary Needs from Food Production Screen
This feature is for providers or centers that are required to record specific food item substitutions for participants with special dietary needs.
There are two places where providers and centers can record substitutions for special dietary needs:
- From the Menu Details Screen or
- From the Food Production Screen (the topic of this article)
You must create a food production record prior to recording substitutions for special dietary needs.
- Click on “Menu” on the main dashboard.
- On the menu calendar, click on the date and meal for which you would like to generate a food production record. This will take you to the Meal Details screen.
- On the Meal Details screen, click on the blue “Edit Food Production” button in the lower right corner. This will take you to the Food Production screen.
- Enter the amount of food produced
- Click the blue button labeled "Record Substitutions for Special Dietary Needs"
- Select the participant you would like to record the substitution for.
- Enter information in the following fields:
- Food Omitted
- Food Substituted
- Portion Size
- Select whether the substitution was provided by the parent.
- (Optional) Enter Additional Meal Substitutions/Notes
- Click on the green “Save” button.
Notes:
- Children listed on this screen already have a Special Dietary Need noted under their participant information.
- If there are no children listed, you will need to enter a special dietary need into their participant information