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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Nutrition Standards for School Meals

This page contains regulations, policy memos, and other guidance materials relating to the nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

03/11/2022
Resource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2019-0007 School Meals FAQs

School meals are required to meet specific nutrition standards to operate the school meals programs. The standards align school meals with the latest nutrition science and the real world circumstances of America’s schools. 

02/27/2019
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2018-0049 Update of Food Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs

This memorandum informs stakeholders on the progress made by FNS in updating the food crediting system for all child nutrition programs. This is a first step towards improving the crediting system to best address today’s evolving food and nutrition environment and meet the needs of those operating and benefiting from the CNPs.

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12/04/2018
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime Webinar: Feeding Infants: 0-5

This webinar focuses on how the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) infant meal pattern supports infant growth and development for babies ages birth through 5 months.

07/19/2018
Resource | Webinars/Videos Alimentación para bebés de 0-5 meses

Este seminario web se enfoca en cómo el patrón de comidas para bebés del CACFP apoya el crecimiento y el desarrollo de bebés recién nacidos hasta los 5 meses de edad.

07/19/2018
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime Webinar: Methods for Healthy Cooking

This webinar focuses on cooking nutritious meals and snacks in the CACFP, using methods such as roasting, baking, steaming, sautéing, stir-frying, grilling and more.

05/17/2018
Resource | Webinars/Videos Métodos para cocinar sano

Este seminario web se enfoca en cocinar comidas y meriendas nutritivas en el CACFP, usando métodos como asar, hornear, al vapor, al sartén, a la parrilla y más.

05/17/2018
Resource | Webinars/Videos Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs - Request for Information

The Request for Information will be available for public comment through April 23, 2018.  The comment period for the Request for Information that was published on Dec. 14, 2017 (82 FR 58792) has been extended from Feb. 12, 2018 to April 23, 2018.

12/21/2017
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime Webinar: Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars

This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars” training worksheet and lets audience look at various yogurts to see if they meet meal pattern requirements.

12/20/2017
Resource | Webinars/Videos Elija yogures con bajo contenido de azúcares añadidas

Este seminario lleva a la audiencia a través de la hoja de capacitación de Team Nutrition "Elija yogures con bajo contenido de azúcares añadidas" y hace que la audiencia evalúe varios yogures para ver si cumplen con los requisitos del patrón de comidas.

12/20/2017
Page updated: October 14, 2021