These transitional nutrition standards -- set to be implemented in the next two school years -- are intended to give"schools time to transition from current, pandemic operations, toward more nutritious meals," according to USDA. These standards include updates to milk, whole grains and sodium requirements for school meals.This comes as schools across the country have struggled to serve students meals amid a spike in food prices and supply chain disruptions.
Read More"Nutritious school meals give America's children the foundation for successful, healthy lives," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a statement Friday."We applaud schools' heroic efforts throughout the challenges of this pandemic to continue serving kids the most nutritious meals possible.
Yay! I love this excellent President... as a human being.
It's about time! Hopefully fries and ketchup will no longer be considered vegetables.
“UPDATES”, it will be interesting to see what all these updates are. Hopefully they are good updates because, we don’t need our children poisoned with bad food while you poison their minds.