All grain foods in school lunches must be “whole grain rich” by the start of the 2014-2015 school year, and at least half should be whole grain until then.
That’s what’s being proposed by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in new National School Lunch Program rules published today in the Federal Register.
The proposed new rules, which also call for more low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables, and less saturated fat and sodium, are based on recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine in October 2009 (finalized in early 2010), in a report titled School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children.
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