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Error Codes in This Article
Error 1
Center License is Missing
You do not have a license on-file on the Site Details page.
Error 2
Meals Were Claimed on Dates that Fall Before this Center's CACFP Original Start Date (Or Date is Missing)
You claimed meals on a date that is before the date entered in the CACFP Start Date box in the CACFP Meals section of the Site Details page, or this box is blank.
Error 6
Meals Were Claimed on Dates that Fall Before This Center's License Start Date
You claimed a meal before the date entered in the License Start Date box in the License section of the Site Details page. Any meals claimed before this date are always disallowed (unless this box is blank).
Error 7
Meals Were Claimed on Dates that Fall After This Center's License End Date
You claimed a meal after the date entered in the License End Date box in the License section of the Site Details page. Your policies determine whether any meals claimed after this date are disallowed, warned, or warned for several months before being disallowed.
Error 13
Center is not Approved to Serve Meals on a Day of the Week When Meals Were Served
You claimed a meal for a day of the week for which you are not approved, according to your selections in the CACFP Meals section of the Site Details page. Your policies control whether these meals are warned or disallowed.
Error 14
Center is not Approved to Offer a Particular Meal that was Served
You claimed a meal for which you are not approved, according to your selections in the CACFP Meals section of the Site Details page. Your policies control whether these meals are warned or disallowed.
Error 15
A Menu was Recorded, but no Children were Recorded in Attendance
This error is generated as a warning message when menus are planned, but no meal counts are marked for the planned menus.
Error 16
No Foods Were Served but Child(ren) Were in Attendance for the Given Meal(s) for the Listed Age Group
This error disallows children when menus are recorded, assuming that menu edit checks are not skipped per your policies. Menus must be recorded specific to the child's age group, so the disallowance may apply to one age group and not others.
Error 17
The Food Cannot be Served to Children of Given Age
This error disallows meals with bad foods recorded, assuming menu edit checks are not skipped per your policies. In most cases, unapproved foods cannot be selected when setting up menus, but if a food was previously approved and then changed to unapproved, those menus can theoretically get reused, and the meal would receive this error.
For more information about managing foods, see Add and Edit Foods.
Error 18
The Food is Not Recommended for Children of Given Age
This warning is generated if you serve a food that is allowed but is set to Warn, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
For more information about managing foods, see Add and Edit Foods.
Error 19
The Food Cannot be Served to Children of that Age Group at the Given Meal Type
This error is generated when a center serves a food at a meal for which the food is not approved, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies. For example, if you serve potatoes at Breakfast and potatoes are not approved for Breakfast, this error displays on the OER. In most cases, your staff cannot select foods at meals for which they aren't approved, but if a food was previously approved and then changed to unapproved, those meals can be reused and this error would display.
For more information about managing foods, see Add and Edit Foods.
Error 20
The Food is Not Approved as Given Meal Component Type at Non-Infant Meal
This error is generated when a food is marked but is not approved, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your polices. In most cases, your staff cannot select foods at meals for which they aren't approved, but if a food was previously approved and then changed to unapproved, those meals can be reused and this error would display.
For more information about managing foods, see Add and Edit Foods.
Error 21
A Meal Component was Missing from the Non-Infant Meal
This error is generated when Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner is missing one or more components, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 22
At Least Two Valid Foods Must be Served at Snacks
This error is generated when a snack does not have at least two valid components, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 23
Snacks Cannot Include only Milk and Juice, Another Food Must be Present
This error is generated when a snack only has a milk and a juice, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 24
The Same Food was Served Twice in the Same Meal
This error is generated if you serve the same item twice in one meal, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies. This is common when serving the same fruit/vegetable item twice or when serving something like baked beans as a meat and as a fruit/vegetable.
Error 27
Two Juices Were Served at the Meal(s)
This error is generated if two juices are served as the fruit/vegetable/juice component at Lunch/Dinner, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 28
A Juice was Served at the Given Meal(s)
This error is generated if a juice is served at Lunch or Dinner, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 29
An "Other" Food was Served in the Given Meal. Verify Nutritional Components
This error generates a warning if you serve a food described in Other food, such as Other Bread, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
Error 33
Snacks Served to 8-11 Month-Old Infants Require Either Juice or Formula/Breast Milk to be Served
This error is generated if you serve an infant snack without the required components, assuming menu edit checks aren't skipped per your policies.
