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Date FNS Document# Title
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP11 CACFP10 SFSP06 -2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs - REVISED
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #73 Child Nutrition Waiver Update
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
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
SP23 CACFP10 SFSP09-2019 Crediting Popcorn in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP08 CACFP02 SFSP02-2019 Update of Food Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP01 CACFP01-2019 Updated CACFP Meal Patterns and Updated NSLP and SBP Infant and Preschool Meal Patterns
SP01-2018 Updated Infant and Preschool Meal Patterns in NSLP and SBP: Q&As
SP37-2017 Flexibility for Co-Mingled Preschool Meals: Questions and Answers
SP05 SFSP05-2016 Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs
SP41-2015 Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY2015-16
Voluntary Menu Labeling in the NSLP and SBP
SP13 SFSP05-2015v2 Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
SP65-2014 Instructions for Reporting State Administrative Funds for Implementing the New Meal Patterns
SP48-2013 Extending Flexibility for RCCIs in the NSLP
FD-129 USDA Foods Bone-in-Chicken Products
SP09 CACFP04-2013 Streamlining At-Risk Meal Participation for School Food Authorities
SP30-2012 Grain Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP07-2012 Allocation of Administrative Funds for State Costs of Implementation of New Meal Patterns
SP03-2008 Alternate Menu Planning Approaches – Calorie and Nutrient Standards
SP06-2007 Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches
Effective Date for Implementation of Interim Regulation Amending the Infant Meal Patterns
783-1 REV. 2 The Grains/Breads Requirement for the Food-Based Menu Planning Alternatives in the Child Nutrition Programs
Page updated: November 20, 2019