ALLOWED:
All pasteurized, grade 'A' milk and milk products.
Commercially-packaged cheese and cheese products made with pasteurized milk
(i.e. mild and medium cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan, Swiss, etc.)
Pasteurized yogurt
Dry, refrigerated and frozen pasteurized whipped topping
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, ice cream bars, homemade milkshakes
Commercial nutritional supplements and baby formulas, liquid and powdered
NOT ALLOWED:
Unpasteurized or raw milk, cheese, yogurt, and other milk products.
Cheeses from delicatessens
Cheeses containing chili peppers or other uncooked vegetables
Cheese with molds (i.e. blue, Stilton, Roquefort, gorgonzola)
Sharp cheddar, brie, camembert, feta cheese, farmer's cheese
VEGETABLES
ALLOWED:
All cooked frozen or canned vegetables.
All cooked herbs and spices (add at least 5 minutes before end of cooking)
NOT ALLOWED:
Raw vegetables, salads
Caesar Salads with Caesar dressing
Pepper
Garnishes
Uncooked herbs and spices
FRUITS AND NUTS
ALLOWED:
Canned and frozen fruit and fruit juices
Thick skinned fruits (oranges, bananas)
Melons cut up and used immediately
Canned or bottled roasted nuts
Nuts in baked products
Commercially packaged peanut butter
NOT ALLOWED:
Dried fruits
Raw fruit; foods containing raw fruits
Unpasteurized fruit and vegetable juices
Raw nuts
Roasted nuts in the shell
Precut fresh fruits
BREAD, GRAIN, & CEREAL PRODUCTS
ALLOWED:
All breads, bagels, rolls, pancakes, sweet rolls, waffles, French toast
Potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn
Cooked pasta, rice, and other grain
All cereals, cooked and ready-to-eat
NOT ALLOWED:
Raw grain products
Bakery breads, cakes, donuts, muffins
Potato/macaroni salad
ENTREES, SOUPS
ALLOWED:
All cooked entrees and soups
NOT ALLOWED:
All miso products (i.e. miso soup)
MEAT AND MEAT SUBSTITUES
ALLOWED:
All well-cooked or canned meats
(beef, pork, lamb, poultry, fish, shellfish, game, ham, bacon, sausage, hot dogs)
Well-cooked eggs
(whites cooked firm with thickened yolk acceptable, i.e. hard boiled, over hard)
Pasteurized egg substitutes (i.e. Egg Beaters)
Commercially-packaged salami, bologna, and other luncheon meats
Canned and commercially-packaged hard smoked fish, refrigerated after opening
Cooked tofu
(which must be cut into 1" cubes or smaller and boiled a minimum of five minutes in water or broth before eating or using in recipes)
NOT ALLOWED:
Raw or undercooked meat, poultry, fish game, tofu
Meats and cold cuts from a delicatessen
Hard cured salami in natural wrap
Cold smoked salmon, lox
Pickled fish
Tempe (tempeh) products
Sushi
Raw oysters/clams
BEVERAGES
ALLOWED:
Tap water
Commercial bottled distilled and natural waters
All canned, bottled, powdered beverages
Instant and brewed coffee, tea; cold brewed tea made with boiling water
Brewed herbal teas using commercially-packaged tea bags
Commercial nutritional supplements, liquid and powdered
NOT ALLOWED:
Well water (unless tested yearly and found safe)
Cold-brewed tea made with warm or cold water, sun tea
Egg nog
Fresh apple cider
Homemade lemonade
Spring water
FATS
ALLOWED:
Oil, shortening
Refrigerated lard, margarine, butter
Commercial shelf-stable mayonnaise and salad dressings
(including cheese based salad dressings, refrigerated after opening)
NOT ALLOWED:
Fresh salad dressings containing aged cheese (i.e. blue, Roquefort) or raw eggs, stored in refrigerated case
DESSERTS
ALLOWED:
Refrigerated commercial and homemade cakes, pies, pastries, and pudding
Refrigerated cream-filled pastries
Homemade and commercial cookies
Shelf-stable cream-filled cupcakes (i.e. Twinkies, Ding Dongs), fruit pies (i.e. Pop Tarts, Hostess fruit pies), and canned pudding
NOT ALLOWED:
Unrefrigerated cream-filled pastry products (not shelf stable)
Cream or custard filled donuts
OTHER
ALLOWED:
Salt, granulated sugar, brown sugar
Jam, jelly, syrups (refrigerated after opening)
Commercially-packaged (pasteurized) honey
Catsup, mustard, BBQ sauce, soy sauce, other condiments (refrigerated after opening)
Pickles, pickle relish, olives (refrigerated after opening)
NOT ALLOWED:
Raw or unpasteurized honey
Herbal and non-traditional (health food store) nutritional supplements, Chinese herbs
Brewers yeast, if eaten uncooked
