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handle is hein.crs/crseveryaabap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional - Research Service USDA's Final Rule on Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium in School Meals name redacted Analyst in Social Policy Updated December 20, 2018 On December 12, 2018, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a final rule on flexibilities for milk, whole grains, and sodium in child nutrition programs. The rule alters certain aspects of the nutrition standards for school meals that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA- FNS) updated in 2012 based on a timeline set by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA, P.L. 111-296). The release of the final rule follows years of debate over the updated standards and previous actions by Congress and USDA to loosen the milk, whole grain, and sodium requirements. The changes primarily affect meals served in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program; however, they also affect milk requirements in the Special Milk Program (SMP) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Summary of the New Final Rule Effective school year (SY) 2019-2020, the rule changes three aspects of the 2012 regulations indefinitely. * It allows flavored, low-fat (1%) milk in school meals, as a beverage sold during the school day, in SMP and in meals served to children ages six and older in CACFP. For school meals, the rule requires unflavored milk to be offered alongside flavored milk. * It requires at least 50% of grains offered weekly in school meals to be whole grain-rich and the remaining grains to be enriched. Whole grain-rich products must contain at least 50% whole-grains, and the remaining grain, if any, must be enriched. * It maintains the Target 1 sodium limit in SY2019-2020 through SY2023-2024, postpones implementation of Target 2 until SY2024-2025, and eliminates Target 3 (the strictest target). However, USDA noted the need for further sodium reduction beyond Target 2 in the future. The sodium limits set a weekly cap on sodium in school meals based on a Congressional Research Service 7-.... www.crs.gov IN11009 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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