For the reasons well articulated in another letter submitted to this agency, written by Michele Simon and Andrew Kimbrell on behalf of the Center for Food Safety, I believe that our children would be better served
if competitive foods and beverages were entirely eliminated from school campuses.
If the competitive food selection boils down to Flaming Cheetos and similar junk, then sure.
Not exact matches
Both chains» menus offer
competitive bargains and decent
food —
if you know what to avoid.
In addition,
if a cafeteria employee prepares
competitive foods or serves children who are not taking a full meal, a share of that employee's time is being devoted to
competitive foods.
But
if schools set prices without including a share of such costs, revenues may not be sufficient to cover the total costs of
competitive foods, resulting in a funding gap that must be filled from other sources, including federal funds.
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.
If schools want to offer
competitive foods, the revenue from the sales of such
food (and any non-federal revenues that state or local governments or school districts choose to provide) should cover the costs, without federal cross-subsidies.
The Abbey Group is large enough to be able to buy large quantities of
food at
competitive prices and distribute it to various schools — and is already sourcing 30 percent of its
food regionally, from Vermont and New Hampshire; the percentage goes up to 40, Hansen said,
if milk is included.
The SNA is also asking USDA to extend the comment period on the new
competitive food rules which,
if they go into effect as planned on July 1st, will represent the first meaningful regulation of snack
foods on school campuses, everything from vending machine offerings to the items offered in cafeteria «a la carte» lines.
Second,
if a school is making millions selling pizza and fries as
competitive food — and is on record as saying that it does so precisely because kids are spurning the healthier meal — then I have to believe that the percentage of hard - boiled eggs and skim milk sold as part of their overall
competitive food mix is extremely low.
Fresh, whole
food would be price
competitive with industrial
food, particularly
if we applied the grain subsidies to more wholesome
foods.
Smith says Canada's future in the
food sector could also be stunted
if it does not become more
competitive on the regulatory front.
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