FNS Documents & Resources

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will discontinue the requirement for vendors to use high security seals to secure USDA Foods deliveries as of July 1, 2023. 

A helpful resource for anyone managing school vending machines, fundraisers, or snack bars to better understand the smart snacks standards.

This webinar details guidance and best practices for incorporating integrity-oriented design features into web-based school meal applications. 

This brochure provides ideas to use healthy choices for fundraising that sell only nonfood items or foods that meet the Smart Snacks nutrition standards.

The purpose of this memo is to clarify Smart Snacks standards for exempt foods that are paired together as a single snack.

The purpose of this policy memorandum is to clarify the responsibilities of the state administering agency and the state distributing agency with respect to ensuring compliance with requirements for donated foods in the National School Lunch Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program.