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Date FNS Document# Title
USDA Foods Database
USDA Support for School Meals
USDA Foods Toolkit for Child Nutrition Programs
FNS-828 School Food Authority Paid Lunch Price Report Data
GS1 GDSN and the USDA Foods Database: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for States/School Districts
Navigating the USDA Foods Database
Growing Your Farm to School Program
I'm New to Farm to School
School Meals Standards: 2023 Proposed Rule Stakeholder Briefing
The Road Ahead: Taking School Meals to the Next Level
Proposed Implementation Timeline for Updating the School Meal Standards
School Nutrition Standards Media Toolkit
USDA Foods in Schools Ordering and Purchase Update Webinar
USDA DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
FNS-791 Food Buying Guide Brochure
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
634 The Food Buying Guide
USDA Foods in Schools Additional Resources
New Requirements for USDA Vendors: Reporting of Nutrition, Allergen, and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
SP09 CACFP07-2021 Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Programs: State Agency Implementation Plan Template and Q&A Guidance
Managing USDA Foods for Schools Entitlement, Orders and Inventories in SY 2021-22
The Food Buying Guide Interactive Web-based Tool
COVID-19 Guidance for Managing USDA Foods Inventories in SY 2020-2021
It's a New School Year: What's Happening with USDA Foods in Schools
Using USDA DoD Fresh in the Summer Foodservice Program
USDA Foods in Schools State Overview SY 2017-2018
USDA Foods in Schools Summary By Program SY 2017-2018
USDA Foods in Schools SY 2017-2018
USDA DoD Fresh in Schools SY 2017-2018
Exhibit A Grains Tool to the Rescue!
Navigating the Food Buying Guide FBG Calculator
USDA DoD Fresh in Schools SY 2016-2017
USDA Foods in Schools Summary by Program SY 2016-2017
USDA Foods in Schools State Overview SY 2016-2017
USDA Foods in Schools SY 2016-2017
Webinar: Food Buying Guide Goes Digital!
Food Buying Guide Mobile App
SP43-2017 Revised SY16-17 SFA-3 Administrative Review Form for FNS-640 Reporting
CACFP 12-2013, SFSP 14-2013 Transitioning from SFSP to CACFP At-risk Afterschool Meals
SP01 CACFP01 SFSP01-2013 Federal Small Purchase Threshold Adjustment
FD-125 Offering School Food Authorities the Required Value and Variety of USDA Foods, and Efficient and Cost-Effective Distribution
FD-080 Guidance in Crediting for, and Use of Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companies
FNS Instruction 410-1 Rev. 2 Claims For Losses of Donated Foods and Related Administrative Losses - Procedures for the State Distributing Agency
FD-067, SP15-2010 School Food Authorities Acting as a Collective Unit in the Control and Use of Donated Foods (Revised)
SP26 CACFP06 SFSP02-2009 Clarification of State Agency Review Requirements for Donated Foods in the NSLP and Other Child Nutrition Programs
SP34-2006 Change to Item 6 in the FNS-742, School Food Authority Verification Summary Report
SP16-2006 Record-Keeping Requirements
SP11 CACFP06-2006 FY 2006 Reallocation of State Administrative Expense Funds
SP10-2006 Implementing the Revised School Meal Recipes
FD-045 Direct Certification and Direct Verification for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Page updated: November 20, 2019