CSFP: Announcement of Update to the Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates, Effective Sept. 1, 2025

DATE:	August 11, 2025
SUBJECT:	Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP): Announcement of Update to the Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates, Effective Sept. 1, 2025
TO:	Regional Directors Special Nutrition Programs All Regional Offices	State Directors CSFP State Agencies and Indian Tribal Organizations

In alignment with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ priorities to encourage healthy choices, healthy outcomes, and healthy families and connect America’s farmers to nutrition assistance programs, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is revising the CSFP Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates to reflect the foods currently available in the program.

These revised guide rates, outlined in Attachment A, will be effective on Sept. 1, 2025 and remain in effect until further notice. There are no changes to the maximum amounts of foods that may be distributed in each food package category. CSFP state agencies should use the guide rates in conjunction with the latest CSFP Foods Available List.

Thank you for your commitment to providing one of our nation’s most vulnerable populations with nutritious, minimally processed American grown and produced foods to support their health and well-being.

Sara Olson
Direction
Policy Division
Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs

Kristin Garcia
Director
Food Safety and Nutrition Division
Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs

Attachment A - CSFP Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates

These rates are effective Sept. 1, 2025 until further notice.

Food Package Category	Food Item	Amount Each Month
Fruits and Juice	Canned Fruit (15.5 ounces) Juice (64 ounces) Raisins (15 ounces)	1 juice and 3 cans fruit; or 2 juices and 2 cans fruit; or 1 package raisins, 1 juice, and 2 cans fruit; or 1 package raisins, 2 juices and 1 can fruit
Vegetables	Canned Vegetables or Soup (10.5–15.5 ounces) Dehydrated Potatoes (1 pound)	8 cans vegetables or soup; or 6 cans vegetables or soup, and 1 package dehydrated potatoes
Cheese	Cheese (2 pounds)	1 package cheese
Milk	UHT Fluid Milk 1% (32 ounces) Instant Nonfat Dry Milk (12.8 ounces)	2 UHT milk; or 1 UHT milk and 1 instant non-fat dry milk
Meat, Poultry, and Fish	Beef or Beef Stew (24 ounces) Beef Chili with Beans (15 ounces) Chicken (10–12.5 ounces) Tuna (12 ounces) Salmon (14.75 ounces)	1 (24 ounce) shelf-stable package meat and 1 (10–15 ounce) shelf-stable package beef, poultry or fish; or 3 (10–15 ounce) shelf-stable packages beef, poultry and/or fish of any combination
Plant-Based Protein	Canned Beans (15.5 ounces) Dry Beans or Lentils (1 pound) Peanut Butter (16 ounces)	3 units of any combination of canned beans, dry beans or lentils, and peanut butter
Cereals	Cereal, Ready-to-Eat (10–20 ounces) Farina (18 ounces) Rolled Oats (18 ounces) Grits (2 pounds)	2 units of any combination of cereal, farina, rolled oats, and grits
Pasta and Rice	Pasta (1 pound) Rice (1 pound)	2 units of any combination of pasta and rice