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USDA Announces Food Safety Initiatives for School Lunch and Other Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs

Secretary Vilsack

 Feb. 4, 2010 - Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced several new initiatives to assure the safety and quality of food purchased by USDA for the National School Lunch Program and other food and nutrition assistance programs.
 
Smithsonian Acquires Historic Food Coupons from USDA

EBT card photograph

 Jan. 21, 2010 — At a special presentation, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History acquired Food Stamp Program coupons and other related materials from FNS, the cornerstone of U.S. food assistance programs designed to ensure that low income citizens can obtain a nutritious diet.
 

Secretary Vilsack Announces $25 Million for New School
Food Service Equipment To Help Schools Improve the Quality of Meals
Jan. 14, 2010 — Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $25 million in grants to help schools operating a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) replace outdated equipment with new, energy efficient, appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, and other food service related equipment. The new funding is a one-time fiscal year 2010 appropriation to State educational agencies.
 
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New USDA Study Helps Identify Strategies to Improve Nutrition of School Meals

Dec. 2, 2009 - USDA's Economic Research Service today released a study Meeting Total Fat Requirements for School Lunches, which finds that many school policies and practices are associated with the fat content of meals they serve through the National School Lunch Program. An earlier USDA report had found that while most schools met requirements for vitamins, protein, calcium, and iron, only one in five schools serve lunches that met the USDA standard for total fat (constituting 30 percent or less of the calories).
 
USDA Report Reveals Highest Rate of Food Insecurity Since Report Was Initiated in 1995
Nov. 16, 2009 — USDA's Economic Research Service's (ERS) today released its annual report on Household Food Security in the U.S., which revealed that in 2008, 17 million households, or 14.6 percent, were food insecure and families had difficulty putting enough food on the table at times during the year. This is an increase from 13 million households, or 11.1 percent, in 2007. The 2008 figures represent the highest level observed since nationally representative food security surveys were initiated in 1995.

  -- ERS Report:  Household Food Security in the US, 2008
  -- Leading the Fight Against Hunger  (en español)
 
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