FNS Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Service

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Title	Comment Period End Date
Proposed Rule - SNAP: Rescission of Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Methods	06/16/2025
Information Collection: Federal-State Supplemental Nutrition Programs Agreement (Form FNS-339)	06/30/2025
Interim Final Rule: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Elimination of the State Ameliorative Action Reporting Requirement for School Meals Eligibility Verification	07/07/2025

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Resource | Policy Memos Separation of Vegetables/Fruit in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

The Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs final rule was published on Jan. 26, 2012. The final rule requires that fruits and vegetables be offered as separate meal components in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.

01/18/2013

Resource | Policy Memos Revised Meat/Meat Alternates and Milk Charts in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

Attached are the Revised Meat/Meat Alternates and Milk charts of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

12/14/2012

Resource | Policy Implementing the Revised School Meal Recipes

The recipes from the 1988 Quantity Recipes for School Food Service and the 1995 Tool Kit for Healthy School Meals were revised using updated yields from the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs and using the 2005 Food Code for the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points.

01/18/2006