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Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Food and Nutrition Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 25, 2024. It took effect on July 1, 2024.
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What the agency says
This rulemaking finalizes long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, robust stakeholder input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings. Notably, this rulemaking gradually phases in added sugars limits for the school lunch and breakfast programs and in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, updates total sugars limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt to added sugars limits. As a reflection of feedback from stakeholders, this final rule implements a single sodium reduction in the school lunch and breakfast programs and commits to studying the potential associations between sodium reduction and student participation in the school lunch and breakfast programs. This rulemaking addresses a variety of other school meal requirements, including establishing long-term milk and whole grain requirements. Finally, this rule includes provisions that strengthen Buy American requirements. While this rulemaking takes effect school year 2024-2025, the Department is gradually phasing in required changes over time. Program operators are not required to make any changes to their menus as a result of this rulemaking until school year 2025-2026 at the earliest.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-08098
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Food and Nutrition Service
- Published
- April 25, 2024
- Takes effect
- July 1, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective July 1, 2024. Phased-in implementation dates for required changes are addressed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this rule.
- Docket
- FNS-2022-0043
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0584-AE88
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 210; 7 CFR 215; 7 CFR 220; 7 CFR 225; 7 CFR 226
- Topics
- Accounting; Aged; Day care; Food assistance programs; Grant programs; Grant programs-education; Grant programs-health; Individuals with disabilities; Infants and children; Intergovernmental relations; Labeling; Loan programs; Milk; Nutrition; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; School breakfast and lunch programs; Surplus agricultural commodities
- Pages
- 159
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