USDA Foods from Farm to Plate e-letters feature resources, news, and best practices, rotating our monthly focus between a trio of program-specific e-letters.
USDA Foods in Schools nourishes children and supports American agriculture nationwide.
A compilation of resources for operators of USDA Foods in Schools and child nutrition programs.
This webinar is intended for vendors that supply USDA Foods.
Form FNS-674 is used to request access to the USDA Food Program Reporting System (FPRS).
This webinar is Part 3 of our webinar series “Demystifying USDA Food Complaints.” It focuses on results and resolution in the USDA Foods complaint process for USDA Foods in schools. The USDA Foods Complaint Team, as represented by Tony Wilkins, presents different scenarios as USDA Foods are transported from the vendor to their final destination, school kitchens. The intended audience is individuals involved with the National School Lunch Program: SFAs and all distributing agencies and recipient agencies, including SDAs as well as schools and warehouses.
In this webinar for state distributing agencies and recipient agencies, Tony Wilkins of the Food Distribution Division reviews best practices for using WBSCM in resolving complaints, provides analysis of USDA Foods complaint trends, shares 2016 complaint successes, and discusses what’s in the complaint pipeline.
Form FNS-57 is used by consignees to report overages and shortages in a shipment and commodities damaged in transit.
State agencies apply for reimbursement using Form FSA-21, submitted to the appropriate FNS regional office for approval.