- On October 8, 2025, Governor Newsom signed the “Real Food, Healthy Kids Act,” making California the first state to define ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and prohibit them in schools.
- California’s AB
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USDA Publishes Final Rule on School Meals
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- On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule updating the long-term school nutrition requirements, based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,
USDA Reinstates School Nutrition Standards
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- Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will be making changes to its school nutrition standards for the 2022-2023 school year (SY 2022-2023), seeking to reinstate health
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FDA Files Lawsuit Against Supplier that Distributes Juice Containing Toxins to Schools (Law360 Subscription Required)
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- On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “the Agency”) filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Washington against Valley Processing, Inc. (“Supplier”) that manufactures
Mixed Reactions to Final Rule on School Meal Flexibilities
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- As previously posted on this blog on November 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced temporary exemptions to some of the rigid nutrition standards for school meals established
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USDA Publishes Updated School Meal Rules
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- Enacted in 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) set rigid nutrition standards for schools and paved the way for the subsequent implementation of school meal rules that many in
School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017 Proposed to Reverse Declining Milk Consumption
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- As previously reported on this blog, USDA submitted an interim final rule on July 6, 2017, that would—among other things—expand the types of flavored milk allowed in the school
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USDA Advances Interim Final Rule to Ease Nutrition Requirements for School Meals
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USDA Eases Sodium Restrictions for School Meal Programs
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Senate Ag Committee Chairman Calls on USDA to Provide Greater Flexibility in School Meals
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- Enacted in 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) set rigid nutrition standards for schools and paved the way for the subsequent implementation of school meal rules that many in