USDA to update school meal nutrition standards

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The Biden Administration is working to make school lunches healthier. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing new nutrition standards for milk, whole grains and sodium in school meals.

Schools will be allowed to offer flavored low-fat one percent milk and 80% of grains must be whole grain rich.The USDA points out these changes are transitional, to help schools recover from COVID-19 and supply chain challenges.

The last major update to school nutrition standards came in 2012.
 

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While I respect others' choices - I never, ever agreed with the removal of the whole milk option for students in schools I attended when this '%' milk came around. Never met a Farm Boy that drank '%' milk either.

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