Therefore, a school, school district, or charter school participating in the NSLP or SBP is not allowed to advertise on school campus during the school day, any foods or beverages that do not comply with the state and / or federal
competitive food requirements, including infrequent school fundraising events.
While AB 841 allows advertising of infrequent school fundraising events involving food or beverages that do not meet the state and / or federal
competitive food requirements, the federal rule is stricter and does not allow this practice.
Instead, USDA left this issue up to the states, with the vague caveat that such fundraisers must be «infrequent» along with a statement that the agency expects that «the frequency of such exempt fundraisers... [will] not reach a level to impair the effectiveness of
the competitive food requirements in this rule.»
Not exact matches
Experience gained over many years in a range of industries, including
food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical, enables METTLER TOLEDO to fulfil specific
requirements and ensure your
competitive advantage.
Competitive foods include items served in the cafeteria that are not part of a reimbursable meal (such as individual
food items or meals that do not meet the nutritional
requirements for the federal programs), individual
food items in vending machines, and meals served to adults.
Even if reimbursement rate increases were tied to meeting enhanced nutritional
requirements, the full benefit of the additional funds would be realized only if reimbursements for free and reduced price meals were not siphoned off to keep prices low for paid meals or
competitive foods.
I compared some of the nutrition of a few products you listed, particularly Larabars to what the school district must serve to meet the Healthier US School Challenge for
competitive foods and unfortunately they don't meet the calorie
requirements.
Among the modifications advocated by the SNA are: removing the new
requirement that students take a fruit or vegetable with their meal; changes to the whole grain
requirements; and extending the comment period for the interim final
competitive food (school snack) regulations that are to go into effect this summer.
In issuing these standards for
competitive foods, Massachusetts may be trying to get a jump on new federal rules for
competitive foods which are supposed to be issued this December, a
requirement of last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act.
My fear is that once the new federal
competitive food rules are in place across the board, we're going to see major manufacturers of processed
foods simply rejigger their formulas to meet the new nutritional
requirements.
Increasing
requirement for farmers to adopt higher standards for
food safety and biosecurity, become less reliant on the use of antimicrobials and hormones, and provide assurances regarding animal welfare, in order to remain compliant with regulations and
competitive
These
requirements for
competitive foods do not apply to
food and beverages available only to staff and faculty,
food provided at no cost by parents,
food sold or provided at official after - school events, or
food and beverages served at adult education programs.