CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Correcting Amendments

This is a correcting amendment to FNS's technical amendments published Oct. 18, 2021 (86 FR 57544).

The technical amendments inadvertently omitted a distinct value for ready-to-eat cereal requirements in two of the tables and misprinted the amount of yogurt required in one of the tables. This amendment also corrects a typographical error related to the amount of milk required in one of the tables.

Prior to the technical amendment published on Oct. 18, 2021, both infant cereal and ready-to-eat breakfast cereal requirements were presented in tablespoons; 0-4 tablespoons of either type of cereal were required for infants when cereal was served as a snack.

In Table 6 to 7 CFR 210.10(o)(4)(ii) for Infant Snack Meal Pattern and Table 1 to 7 CFR 226.20(b)(5) for Infant Meal Patterns, the correct conversion of 0-4 tablespoons of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal to ounces is 0 to 1/4 ounce equivalents, not 0 to 1/2 ounce equivalents as was erroneously printed in the Oct. 18, 2021, amendment.

In Table 4 to 7 CFR 226.20(c)(3) for Child and Adult Care Food Program Snack, four of the columns (Ages 1-2, 3-5, 6-12, and 13-18) included misprints for yogurt amounts; “2 ounces or 1/2 cup” is being corrected to “2 ounces or 1/4 cup” and “4 ounces or 3/4 cup” is being corrected to “4 ounces or 1/2 cup”. In the same table, the amount of milk for ages 3-5 is being corrected from 6 fluid ounces to 4 fluid ounces.

The reference to 6 fluid ounces was an error when converting 1/2 cup to fluid ounces in the Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements (83 FR 63775 (Dec. 12, 2018)) which inadvertently carried forward into the Oct. 18, 2021, technical correction.

DATES:

Effective Jan. 27, 2022 and applicable beginning Oct. 1, 2021.