Dining Hall Policies
ID Policy
Student MHC ID cards are required for access to all board plan meals, Dining Dollar and MHCXpress account purchases and are not transferable. Your MHC ID card and the accounts on it are for your use only. Unauthorized use of a card is a serious infraction subject to disciplinary action and possible criminal charges.
Take Out Service
- There will be limited take out service available in all dining halls for all meals
- Needed to provide a service for those students who were not able to eat in the dining rooms at our meal times – students are expected to use this option only when absolutely necessary
- Replaced $21,000 worth of china, glass, & silverware when this option was not available
- We will provide:
- Paper cups
- Paper tubs
- Plastic wrap
- Plastic ware
- There will be no styrofoam containers of any kind used
- All students are expected to use their Dining Services travel mug or another one
Policies for Personal Containers (Tupperware, china, paper products,
etc.)
Due to state law and local public health code requirements, Dining Services cannot allow any personal containers, china, plastic or paper, to be brought into our dining rooms or kitchens. These health codes were established to prevent any possible cross-contamination of food products that we serve. Even though the container may be cleaned with soap and water, this does not ensure that it has been properly sanitized or stored in a sanitary manner. Therefore, there is the possibility that bacteria could still exist on the container. For example, someone puts food product into a plastic or china container with the provided serving utensil. The container may not have been properly sanitized and that serving utensil touches the container. This is where there is the potential that the utensil, when placed back into the container, could contaminate the remaining product. Paper products are not allowed either since Dining Services has not purchased the product or stored them. This assures us of proper practices for handling in delivery and in storage.
Dining Services is responsible for taking precautions against cross-contamination by using both chemical and heat (hot water) to destroy bacteria for cleaning all of our dishes and utensils. The only exception that the local board of health will allow is personal wide mouth mugs and water bottles. This is only allowed if the container, when placed on the beverage tray or drip pan, does not touch the nozzle of the beverage machine. We encourage all students to use their “wide-mouthed” travel mugs for “take-out” purposes in the dining halls and Torrey Grab n Go.
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