We regularly collect information about the school meal programs and how they operate from the people who know best – the state agencies that oversee the programs in each state and territory and the school food authorities that manage the programs locally in one or more schools.
Food distribution program data.
The following message contains important information about two commercial recalls that may affect schools. These recalls do not involve USDA Foods.
This webinar introduces and describes the purposes of the two USDA databases available for K-12 product manufacturers to publish their product data: Child Nutrition Database and the USDA Foods Database.
The intended purpose of this information collection is to administer the 2027 Farm to School Census (Census), previously titled 2023 Farm to School Census.
The Food and Nutrition Service is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on Oct. 31, 2024.
This final rule revises regulations for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and USDA Foods disaster response regulations. This final rule makes improvements in USDA’s food distribution programs.
Questions and answers about Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity Final Rule published on Oct. 31, 2024.
Summary of the provisions in the final rule and how they compare to previous program regulations.