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Resource | Training and Outreach Tip Sheet for Accepting Processed Product Documentation

CN labels, factsheets, and product labels provide a way for food manufacturers to communicate with school program operators about how their products may contribute to the meal pattern requirements for meals served under the USDA CN programs. Included are tips for acceptable documentation.

05/11/2016
Resource | Policy FDA Requirements for Vending Machines

On Dec. 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration published the final rule, Food Labeling; Calorie Labeling of Articles of Food in Vending Machines, in the Federal Register.

03/02/2016
Resource | Technical Assistance Child Nutrition Programs: Tips for Evaluating a Manufacturer's Product Formulation Statement

Program operators can use this checklist when evaluating a manufacturer’s Product Formulation Statement (PFS). A PFS is a signed certified document that provides a way for a manufacturer to demonstrate how a processed product contributes toward the meal pattern requirements in the child nutrition programs.

01/13/2016
Resource | Policy Voluntary Menu Labeling in the NSLP and SBP

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final rule, Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments in the Federal Register (79 FR 71155) on Dec. 1, 2014.

05/19/2015
Resource | Research and Data | Promoting Healthy Eating Approaches for Promoting Healthy Food Purchases by SNAP Participants

This study developed innovative approaches to using nutrition labeling systems to incentivize healthy food choices by SNAP participants in retail settings. The approaches consider opportunities for using Front of Package and shelf labeling systems across all food categories and retail settings.

07/01/2014
Resource | Training and Outreach SOP for Submitting and Approving QC Programs for CN Labeled Products

The purpose of this instruction is to set forth a procedure for submitting and approving quality control programs for child nutrition labeled products.

03/25/2014
Resource | Guidance Documents Industry Guidelines for Preparation of QC Program for CN Labeled Products

The purpose of this document is to provide industry with guidelines for preparing a quality control (QC) program for CN labeled products.

03/25/2014
Resource | Training and Outreach CN Plant Monitoring Review Checklist
10/01/2013
Resource | Technical Assistance Copying Federally Inspected Product Labels for Bidding Process - FAQs

The watermark, is to be applied to all CN contribution statements not supported by product specific documentation and to CN product labels that are distributed without federally inspected and packaged product. 

09/16/2013
Resource | Training and Outreach Manufacturer Documentation: Child Nutrition Labels and Product Formulation Statements

The Child Nutrition (CN) label and a manufacturer’s Product Formulation Statement (PFS) are documents that provide a way for a manufacturer to demonstrate how a processed food product may contribute to the meal pattern requirements in child nutrition programs (CNP). 

08/13/2013
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