The new School Meal Flexibility Rule... reflects USDA's commitment, made in a May proclamation to work with program operators, school nutrition professionals, industry, and other stakeholders to develop forward - thinking strategies to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and
practical... This
action reflects a key
initiative of USDA's Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President's Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens.
These include focus, achievement,
initiative, persistence, monitoring with
practical and intentional reasoning that direct one to
actions, and accountability.