IDOC Contract Food Service Audit - Saguaro

This IDOC contract food service audit for the Saguaro facility helps evaluate food safety and sanitation across kitchen operations. It covers cleanliness of equipment and prep areas, temperature control, cross-contamination prevention, warewashing, and protection of utensils. It checks staff hygiene, illness exclusion, and proper glove use, plus safe chemical storage. Menu quality and compliance are reviewed, including use of tested recipes and semiannual review by a registered dietitian, with controls for therapeutic, medical, and religious diets. The checklist confirms service oversight, documented mealtimes, required hot meals, time between meals, service within units when needed, and timely serving after preparation, ensuring safe, consistent meals for residents.