| Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin |
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| Purpose: Policy, Beneficial Information | |
| To: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Sponsors |
Number: USDA-SNP-26-2012 |
| Attention: Food Service Director |
Date: May 2012 |
| Subject: Questions and Answers on the Final Rule, "Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs"—Revised |
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| Reference: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Policy Memo SP10‑2012, revised April 27, 2012 | |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), has issued Policy Memo SP 10-2012—Revised, Questions and Answers on the Final Rule, "Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs." The FNS issued the memo to provide additional responses to questions regarding the New Meal Pattern (NMP) requirements established under Section 201 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296. The memo, along with a table for calculating meal component requirements for short and long weeks, is available on the USDA FNS School Meals Policy Memos Web page at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/policy.htm.
The revised memo includes original, revised, and new questions and answers on a number of important issues. Updated questions and answers address topics including:
- Clarification on the juice limit
- Vegetable subgroups
- Meeting grain minimums and maximums
- Residential Child Care Institutions waivers and meal patterns
- Adjusting menus for shorter or longer school weeks
- Multiple offerings and calculating minimums and maximums
- Offer versus Serve and fruit and vegetable requirements
- Software requirements
- Meal identification
The FNS will continue to revise this memo as questions arise during implementation of the NMP requirements. To support School Nutrition Program implementation efforts, the Nutrition Services Division will continue to provide updates as they become available.
For more information on the NMP requirements for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, please contact Grace Huppert, Nutrition Education Consultant, by phone at 916-322-1563, or by e-mail at ghuppert@cde.ca.gov.
