pjmedia.com By BEN BARTEE
Unbelievably, at this late date in Feb. 2023, the derelict U.S. Department of Agriculture finally placed limits on the amount of added sugars dispensed to public schoolchildren.
Via the Associated Press:
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries…
The plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also seeks to significantly decrease sodium in the meals served to the nation’s schoolkids by 2029, while making the rules for foods made with whole grains more flexible.
The goal is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that serves breakfast to more than 15 million children and lunch to nearly 30 million children every day.
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