The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, three fundamental parts of the U.S. food guidance system, are now revised. The plans provide representative healthful market baskets at three different cost levels. This revision of the plans incorporates recent developments in nutrition standards and dietary guidance as well as updates reflective of food consumption and nutrient content of foods. This revision also maintains a constant real cost for each plan.
We are providing further clarification on the child nutrition policy for military households affected by deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit the enclosed guidance concerning proper implementation of PL 106-224.
This memorandum describes how commodity entitlements are determined and allocated to states for meals served in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
This memorandum establishes the procedure for accounting for rework in the further processing of donated foods.
This memorandum establishes the policy and procedures to compensate offshore destinations for the marine shipping costs associated with further processed end products. Offshore destinations are defined as those state agencies that are not located in the 48 contiguous United States.
The Administrative Guidance for Sponsors advises sponsors to notify and obtain State agency approval of their plans to provide meal services on field trips in SFSP.