USDA intends to use all available program flexibilities and contingencies to serve our program participants across our 15 nutrition programs. We have already begun to issue waivers to ease program operations and protect the health of participants.
The Meats/Meat Alternates Tip Sheet is designed for program operators as a handy and easy-to-use reference on how to credit meats/meat alternates and incorporate them into the meal pattern requirements.
Comparison Chart: Current Standards vs. Proposed Standards
The Vegetables Tip Sheet is designed for program operators as a handy and easy-to-use reference on how to credit vegetables and incorporate them into the meal pattern requirements.
The Fruits Tip Sheet is designed for program operators as a handy and easy-to-use reference on how to credit fruits and incorporate them into the meal pattern requirements.
These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.
A webinar overview on the Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains for Industry Partners.
Webinar on transitional rule for state agencies & school food authorities.
This memo is to announce extensions of needed flexibilities for summer 2021 operations for the Summer Food Service Program, the National School Lunch Program, and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option.
FNS waives, for all states, the requirements to serve SFSP and NSLP Seamless Summer Option meals that meet the meal pattern requirements during the public health emergency due to COVID–19. This waiver extends the Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Summer Food Service Program – Extension 7, granted on Aug. 31, 2020, that expires on Dec. 31, 2020.