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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
Child Nutrition Labeling Manual
The Child Nutrition Labeling Manual provides food manufacturers with instructions on how to apply and obtain approval for a CN label.
FNS-965
01/22/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
Authorized Labels and Manufacturers
CN numbers that appear on the valid list apply to the CN logo and crediting statement only. It is the manufacturer's responsibility to ensure that the product label meets all over federal labeling requirements.
10/13/2023
Resource | Policy
Best Practices for Determining Proximity of Sites in the Summer Food Service Program
This memorandum provides information to assist state agencies in preventing approval of multiple sites offering meal services at the same time to the same population of children in the Summer Food Service Program.
SFSP 15-2023
09/28/2023
Basic page
Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
USDA offers prototypes of school meal applications, as well as sample instructional documents intended to assist state and local officials in the design and distribution of their own application materials.
05/11/2023
Basic page
Rural Designation
State agencies and sponsors may use this tool to determine if a proposed site may be designated as rural for purposes of SFSP and SSO.
12/22/2022
Resource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2007-0022
Questions and Answers on Alternate Protein Products
The term "Alternate Protein Product" is the name used by FNS to identify products meeting requirements set forth in Appendix A of the NSLP, SBP, SFSP, and the CACFP within the section entitled Alternate Protein Products.
10/04/2022
Basic page
CN Labeling Program
The USDA, child nutrition (CN) labeling program provides food manufacturers the option to include a standardized food crediting statement on their product label.
02/12/2021
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0099
Policy Cancellation Memorandum
FNS is cancelling Policy Memoranda FD-010, FD-027, FD-028, FD-029, FD-032, FD-053, FD-055, FD-071, FD-073, FD-074, FD-083, FD-086, FD-087, FD-090, FD-105, and FD-115. The guidance provided by these memoranda are either outdated, obsolete, or otherwise captured in more current memoranda.
FD-147
12/27/2019
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
CN Labeling and PFS Guidance for Food Manufacturers/Industry
CN labeling policies and procedures are provided here (QC requirements and compliance, reviews, program manuals, tips for submitting CN labels, and the manufacturer's product formulation statement).
11/18/2019