Require Temperatures Before Meal Counts

This setting controls whether centers, sites or providers are required to enter a food temperature before they can enter a meal count.

If this box is checked:

• After checking the box, you will be offered additional options for which meal types and which time points are required to have temperature entries.
• Centers, sites and providers will be required to enter a temperature before they can enter a meal count. If they attempt to enter a meal count without a menu, the meal count button will be greyed out and there will be hover text stating that a food temperature is required.

If this box is not checked:

• Meal counts can be entered without a food temperature

To change this setting:

• Click on Site Details from the main site dashboard.

• Scroll down to the section for "Food Temperature Settings"
• Make your selection on the checkbox

• If you check the box you will open a matrix of meal types and time points and can specify the exact temperature entries that are required

• Scroll down to the bottom or scroll up to the top of the page and click the green Save button.

• The Food Temperature screen is used to make entries

• The status of this setting for all centers, sites and providers is in the Site Export Report. The export report just includes whether this setting is on or off but does not list specific time points and meal type requirements.
• The Food Temperature Report will have a record of food temperature entries as will the Delivery Receipt Report