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II. NUTRITIONAL HEALTH EVALUATION Adult Temporary Holding Facilities ARTICLE/SECTION YES I NO I N/A COMMENTS Article 12. Food 1240 Frequency of Serving Food is only occasionally offered to detainees as an incidental meal. This section not Food is served three times in any 24-hour X applicable. period. At least one meal includes hot food. X If more than 14 hours passes between these X meals, supplemental food is served. Supplemental food is served in less than the 14- hour period for inmates on therapeutic diets X requiring more than three meals. A minimum of fifteen minutes is allowed for the actual consumption of each meal except for those inmates on therapeutic diets where the X responsible physician has prescribed additional time. Inmates who miss or may miss a regularly scheduled facility meal are provided with a X sandwich or a substitute meal and beverage. Inmates on therapeutic diets, who miss a regularly scheduled meal, are provided with their X prescribed meal. 1241 Minimum Diet Food is only occasionally offered to detainees as an incidental meal. This section not The minimum diet provided shall be based upon applicable. the nutritional and caloric requirements found in the 1999-2002 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) of the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the 1990 California Daily Food Guide, and the 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Temporary holding facilities are required to provide the full X RDA;however, determining what constitutes a full RDA presents a problem. Most prisoners in these facilities are in custody for a few hours with time only for one or two meals. The problem is determining an acceptable nutritional value for any one meal. In this instance the intent of the regulation is best described as requiring the arresting agency to provide reasonably nutritious meals in their feeding program. The inspector must take the facility operation into account and use good judgment when analyzing the food service. Typically these facilities have frozen dinners in stock or obtain food from a local restaurant when needed. Both these options are reasonable. 1243 Food Service Plan Written Policies Reviewed? ❑ Yes ® No There is a written food service plan in temporary Food is only occasionally offered to detainees holding facilities that complies with the as an incidental meal. The applicable items in applicable provisions of the California Retail X this section can be incorporated in the written Food Law, addresses issues applicable to the policies and procedures required by Section facility and is available for review in the facility. 1246 (Page 2) relating to the provision of food at this facility. The plan shall include, but not limited to, the following policies and procedure& Menu Planning X Purchasing X Storage and Inventory Control X City of Manteca Police Department 11/05/2009 PAGE 5 Temp Holding 6/15/2009