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+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from typing import Optional
+from uuid import UUID
+
+class FoodBase(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(..., description="Name of the food item")
+    description: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Description of the food item")
+    price: float = Field(..., gt=0, description="Price of the food item")
+    category_id: UUID = Field(..., description="ID of the category the food item belongs to")
+
+class FoodCreate(FoodBase):
+    pass
+
+class FoodResponse(FoodBase):
+    id: UUID
+    name: str
+    description: Optional[str]
+    price: float
+    category_id: UUID
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
+        schema_extra = {
+            "example": {
+                "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
+                "name": "Pizza Margherita",
+                "description": "Classic Italian pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese",
+                "price": 12.99,
+                "category_id": "c6fc032f-d8c9-4b9b-8e3f-a1d0011e7c3c"
+            }
+        }
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