Sentences with phrase «federal school nutrition regulations»

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I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has asked Congress to approve waiver requests for schools that are struggling to comply with federal nutrition regulations aimed at improving children's health.

Manufacturers can fortify and tweak their products so that they are compliant with the nutrient standard and can also offer what's called a «CN Label» that indemnifies the school district should it later be found noncompliant with federal nutrition regulations.

School meal programs are governed by a stack of federal regulations as thick as a large urban telephone directory, and nutrition directors have to know them all and follow them all.

«School nutrition employees must balance many roles and follow numerous federal, state and local regulations to ensure safe and healthy meals are available in schools.

Accommodating Special Dietary Needs: Guidance for School Nutrition Programs (revised January 2013): Contains guidance on accommodating special dietary needs in school nutrition programs, based on federal laws, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements and Connecticut laws and regulaSchool Nutrition Programs (revised January 2013): Contains guidance on accommodating special dietary needs in school nutrition programs, based on federal laws, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements and Connecticut laws and regulaschool nutrition programs, based on federal laws, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements and Connecticut laws and regulations.

Federal regulations serve as the baseline for school nutrition programs thus allowing state governments and local school boards an element of local control.

AB 1594 by Assemblyman Mike Eng, D - Monterey Park, would require charter schools to provide each qualified, needy pupil with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced - price meal as defined under the federal child nutrition program regulations, each school day.

The federal government is also continuing to change school nutrition regulations aimed at improving child nutrition for healthier meals.

«Our poll shows that school leaders are in favor of good nutrition for children but concerned with the unintended consequences of the current federal regulations.