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Basic page Civil Rights Laws, Regulations, Executive Orders and Related Guidance

Civil rights authorities applicable to FNS programs.

09/25/2013
Basic page About the FNS Civil Rights Division

Our mission is to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies for FNS customers and employees regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, marital or family status, political beliefs, parental status, protected genetic information, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program.

09/25/2013
Basic page Alternative Dispute Resolution
09/25/2013
Resource MyPlate for Kids: Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables Poster

This poster shows how to make a student’s tray and/or plate half fruits and vegetables at school, eating out, and at home. Teachers and school foodservice professionals will find this poster helps students visually understand how to make half their plate fruits and vegetables.

08/02/2012
Resource | Policy FNS Instruction 113-1: Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement

The purpose of this Instruction and TEFAP program guidance is to establish and convey policy and provide guidance and direction to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service and its recipients and customers, and ensure compliance with and enforcement of the prohibition against discrimination in all FNS nutrition programs and activities, whether federally funded in whole or not. 

11/08/2005
Page updated: October 14, 2021