Legislation Update: Food Safety and Food Marketing in Schools
Two new school food bills hit the table this week: the Safe Food for Schools Act, and the Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act. The School Food For Schools Act comes in response to a dismal GAO report that found that federal notification to schools about contaminated food was spotty at ...
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September 24, 2009
Legislation Update: The Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark), who is taking over as the chair of the Senate Ag Committee, has just introduced a new child nutrition bill. This one is called the Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009, and it's supposed to "improve the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use ...
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September 10, 2009
Legislation Update: A Five-Point Plan to Improve the Child Nutrition
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn outlined a five-point plan this week to improve the Child Nutrition Act, and four of those points deal with school lunches. Here's what's on the (lunch) table: 1. Access to Free Meals: Currently, the children are eligible to receive a ...
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August 14, 2009
Legislation Update: Expanding Free Meals
After a near save for Philadelphia's universal feeding program, Pennsylvania's Congressional delegation has gone crazy introducing legislation that would expand the city's paperless enrollment initiative to the rest of the nation. Five Pennsylvania Congressmen introduced bills in the House and the Senate yesterday. H.R. 2803 and its companion bill, the Paperless Enrollment Act for ...
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June 12, 2009
New Legislation Would Bring Calorie Counts to Cafeteria Menus
By Deborah Lehmann — School food service directors openly admit that they keep their eyes on fast-food restaurants, monitoring what's popular with kids and offering similar items in their cafeterias. Turns out legislators are also using fast-food as an example in thinking about how to improve school meals. The trend they're trying ...
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May 14, 2009
The Harkin and Woolsey Bills: What they Will and Won’t Do
By Deborah Lehmann — There are now bills in both the House and the Senate that would require the USDA to regulate all foods sold in U.S. public schools. That means the USDA will be able to set standards for snacks and drinks in vending machines, cafeteria a la carte lines ...
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May 7, 2009
School Food Legislation Update
By Deborah Lehmann — A number of bills addressing school food have been introduced in the House and the Senate. Here's a summary of the most important ones, along with some commentary: The White House Conference on Food and Nutrition (HR 1869): This bill, co-sponsored by James McGovern (D-MA) and Jo Ann ...
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April 24, 2009
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