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PROPOSED FEDERAL AND STATE STATE LEGISLATIONFarm Bill 2007School Breakfast Bill Introduced in Senate (S2143) Barack Obama's bill on nutrition standards and physical education S2066 (click here)
Healthy Students Act of 2007 (S 100) (click here) LEGISLATURE TOPICSLD 1114This billed appears to be rolled into a larger bill. The end result 80,000 was funded for the breakfast program school year 2008!
CHAPTER 51(Please keep in mind there are Federal Regulations that prohibit the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value, as listed in appendix B of 7CFR 210 regulations, in the food service areas during the lunch periods.)
06/08/05 05-071 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Chapter 51: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS SUMMARY: This chapter contains state regulations which supplement federal regulations pertaining to the National School Lunch Program (which includes the After School Snack), the School Breakfast Program and the School Milk Program. 1. Definitions A. “Foods of minimal nutritional value” as defined in 7 CFR 210.11, means: (a) In the case of artificially sweetened foods, a food which provides less than 5 percent of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for each of the eight specified nutrients per serving; (b) in the case of all other foods, a food which provides less than 5 percent of the RDI for each of eight specified nutrients per 100 calories and less than 5 percent of the RDI* for each of eight specified nutrients per serving. The eight nutrients to be assessed for this purpose are: protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, calcium, and iron. This definition is applicable to the foods that are part of the total food service program of the school, and foods and beverages sold at food sales, school stores, and in vending machines.
B. “Total Food Service Program” means:
(i) the “Milk Program”, which in turn means the federal program under which fluid types of milk as defined in 7 CFR 215 are offered; or
(ii) the “Breakfast Program”, which in turn means the federal program under which a breakfast that meets the nutritional requirements set forth in 7 CFR 220 is offered; or
(iii) the “National School Lunch Program” (which includes the After School Snack), which in turn means the federal program under which the school operates a nonprofit lunch program that meets the requirements set forth in 7 CFR 210, and includes food provided in after school programs as defined in 7 CFR 210.2, and that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 210.10; or
(iv) any combination of the above.
2. Restriction on sale of Foods in Competition with the Total Food Service Program Beginning July 1, 2005, any food or beverage sold at any time on school property of a school participating in the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Programs shall be a planned part of the total food service program of the school and shall include only those items which contribute both to the nutritional needs of children and the development of desirable food habits, and shall not include foods of minimal nutritional value as defined in Section 1 above, except that the local school board or the Career and Technical Education Region/Center cooperative board, established in accordance with 20-A MRSA Section 8301-A(6), may permit, by policy, the sale of food and beverages outside the total food service program: A. to school staff; B. to the public at community events sponsored by the school or held on school property; C. to the public at community events held on school property in accordance with the school board’s facilities use policy; D. in State-approved, instructional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Culinary Arts Programs. and E. by a school, approved student organization or program if consistent with the requirement that such sales not include foods of minimal nutritional value as defined in 7 CFR, Section 210.11(a)(2).
Funds from all food and beverage sales made at any time on school property shall accrue to the benefit of the school's non-profit school food service program, except that the local school board or the Career and Technical Education Region/Center cooperative board, established in accordance with 20-A MRSA Section 8301-A(6), may establish, by policy, a process whereby a school, approved student organization, or sponsor of an event held in accordance with 2C above is allowed to benefit from the sale of food and beverages. This includes foods and beverages sold at food sales, community events, school stores, and in vending machines.
3. Maximum Price for School Meals
The maximum charge to children shall be set annually by the Department in consultation with the Superintendents of Schools School Nutrition Programs Advisory Committee.
4. Accounts and Records Sponsors shall file claims on a monthly basis with the Division of school Nutrition Programs on a form provided by the Division. claims shall be filed by the 8th day of the month following month covered by the claim. Sponsors shall maintain accurate records of income and expenditures, inventories, daily service counts, and other pertinent records to provide data required on the claims for reimbursement. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 20-A MRSA, Section 6602 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 30, 1978 READOPTED: August 31, 1979 AMENDED: July 17, 2005 AMENDED: January 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION): __________________
Chapter 051 Questions and Answers link!!!!
SUBCHAPTER 9
NUTRITION EDUCATION
§6661. Nutrition education The department shall work with public schools to encourage nutrition education for students and for teachers and staff as part of coordinated school health programs and school food service programs and in accordance with chapter 222. The department shall work with public schools to encourage an outreach component for students' parents and guardians as part of a coordinated school health program. The department may adopt rules to implement the purposes of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. §6662. Foods outside school meal program 1. Nutritional information. After August 31, 2008, food service programs must post caloric information for prepackaged a la carte menu items at the point-of-decision. 2. Food and beverages outside school lunch programs. The department shall adopt rules to establish standards for food and beverages sold or distributed on school grounds but outside of school meal programs. These standards must include maximum portion sizes, except for portion sizes for milk, that are consistent with single-serving standards established by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection do not apply to food and beverages sold or offered at community events or fund-raisers held outside the hours of the normal school day. Sec. 2. Dairy vending machines. By January 31, 2006, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council, shall implement a pilot program to install dairy vending machines selling flavored or unflavored milk with 1% or less fat in schools. Sec. 3. Implementation of National Farm to School Program. By January 31, 2006, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, shall implement the National Farm to School Program, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, as fully as is practicable to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables in public schools.
The Bill
LD 1126
An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Meat Produced without Non therapeutic Antibiotics The Summary This amendment changes the bill to resolve. It directs the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Director of the Bureau of Health within the Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with a study group to examine issues pertaining to the use of antibiotics in human medicine and animal agriculture. It requires a report to legislative committees in January 2006 and authorizes the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services to report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature.
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