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Date FNS Document# Title
USDA Foods Database
National Processing Agreement Approved Processors
Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks
650 Adding Whole Grains to Your CACFP Menu
856 Is My Recipe Whole Grain-Rich in the CACFP?
858 How to Spot Whole Grain-Rich Foods for CACFP
655 Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Foods For CACFP
The Road Ahead: Taking School Meals to the Next Level
899 Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Lunch and Supper in the USDA CACFP
CACFP Grains Ounce Equivalents Resources
Webinar: CACFP Halftime - Grains Ounce Equivalents Tools for CACFP Operators
Recursos sobre las onzas equivalentes de granos para operadores del CACFP
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP04-2022, CACFP04-2022 Question & Answer Guidance on the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
FNS-874 Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
CACFP Meal Pattern Training Worksheets
Hojas de capacitación del patrón de comidas para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP)
FD-40: Processing FD-40: Inventory Draw Down in USDA Foods Processing (Revised)
CACFP 12-2021 Reimbursement for Meals and Snacks Served to Young Adults in the CACFP - Q&A's
It's a New School Year: What's Happening with USDA Foods in Schools
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
653 Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Sugar
Elija cereales para el desayuno bajos en azúcares
Short and Long Week Calculations
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
SP41-2019 Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019 Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP39-2019 Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
SP38-2019 Meal Requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Q&As for Program Operators
SP37 CACFP16-2019 Q&As on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements
FD-064 Management of Donated Food Inventories at Processors
SFSP Meal Patterns
663 Serving School Meals to Preschoolers
The Processing Rule Webinar: A General Overview
FD-104 Value of USDA Donated Foods for Audits: Revised
FD-137 Alternative Value Pass-Through System Pilot Project under the Department of Defense Fresh Program
CACFP15-2016 Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the CACFP
Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Order Management and Monitoring, Part 2
Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Order Management and Monitoring, Part 1
SP13 SFSP05-2015v2 Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
FD-134 Minimum Inventory Protection Requirements for Processors Participating in the National Processing Program
FD-129 USDA Foods Bone-in-Chicken Products
FD-127 Approval of End Products and Monitoring of End Product Sales
FD-122 Substitution of Donated Foods in Advance of Purchase and Negative Inventories
FD-119 Soliciting Bids from Commercial Distributors for End Products
Page updated: November 20, 2019