The bipartisan bill would retain the current fifty percent whole grain requirement for lunch and breakfast, and prevent federal mandates for further reducing the sodium levels for school meals beyond the July 1, 2014 Target I level. (nsba.org)
As Helena Bottemiller Evich reported in Politico yesterday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture is trying a new tack: including language in the fiscal 2015 spending bill to again block key school food improvements, this time focusing on certain whole grain requirements as well as the «Smart Snacks in School» rules. (thelunchtray.com)
When school meal programs are up for funding again in 2015, the SNA will ask Congress to remove a requirement that kids be served fruits or vegetables at lunch (instead of being allowed to pass them by), a lowering of the law's whole grain requirements, and other changes which will weaken the HHFKA's nutritional goals. (thelunchtray.com)