Sentences with phrase «grain requirements»

Whole grain items do cost more, so the extra money would help with implementing the whole grain requirements and finding more acceptable forms of whole grain items.

Even the sub sandwich rolls come from a local bakery, made with revamped recipes to fulfill the whole grain requirements.

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.

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.

The meat / meat alternate can count toward the weekly grains requirement (credited as 1 oz.

Mirroring recent action in the House, the Senate appropriations committee has approved an amendment which would weaken school food sodium and grain requirements in the coming fiscal year.

Newly minted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue unveiled a new interim rule on Monday to suspend sodium reduction requirements and whole - grain requirements as well as allow 1 percent fat flavored milk back into school cafeterias nationwide.

Canines and felines have no biological grain requirement and dogs, in particular, can have problems digesting grains, so I don't recommend feeding them to your pets.

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.

But when some districts complained that it was hard to source satisfactory products, like a good whole - grain pasta, the Obama administration started a waiver program allowing districts showing hardship to opt out of the grain requirement on a product - by - product basis.

States that are having difficulty meeting the whole grain requirement can apply for an exemption

Toddlers who are served large portions of macaroni and cheese, pizza and breaded chicken nuggets will max out their grain requirement quickly and possibly exceed it.

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.

Newly minted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue unveiled a new interim rule on Monday to suspend sodium reduction requirements and whole - grain requirements as well as allow 1 percent fat

I urge you to act administratively and provide immediate relief from certain egregious aspects of the standards, particularly in regards to the rapidly approaching sodium limits and the dairy and whole grain requirements,..

As I mentioned earlier this week, the Senate appropriations committee has approved an amendment which would weaken school food sodium and grain requirements, just as the House did last month.

School Nutrition Association supports most of the new mandates, including calorie and fat limits, mandates to offer larger portions and a wider variety of fruits and vegetables, and reasonable sodium and whole grain requirements.

Half of this grain requirement should come from a whole - grain source.

«We're working with school nutrition professionals from across the country on the Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act to ensure that our schools have local flexibility in meeting sodium and whole grain requirements, while maintaining healthy nutritional standards,» said Hoeven.

Republican Senator Aims To Roll Back Healthy School Lunch Rules John Hoeven wants to get rid of whole - grain requirements and salt limits.