FNS Documents & Resources

School nutrition professionals continue to make school meals the healthiest meals children eat in a day! To take school meals to the next level, USDA is updating the school nutrition standards after considering recommendations from the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and listening to a diverse range of voices with experience in child nutrition and health.

Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.

This is a letter clarifying public charge policy as it pertains to SNAP participation. The letter was sent to SNAP state commissioners in Jan. 2022.

These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.

These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.

National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program sodium limits and timeline

Meal pattern chart for the National School Lunch Program

A webinar overview on the Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains for Industry Partners. 

Esta es una carta que aclara la política de la carga publica en lo que se refiere a participación de SNAP. La carta fue enviada a los comisionados estatales de SNAP en enero de 2022.

FNS is extending a nationwide waiver to support access to nutritious meals while minimizing potential exposure to the novel coronavirus (COVID–19). This extension of Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the child nutrition programs, issued March 25, 2020, applies to the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program. This waiver remains in effect until June 30, 2020.