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Forms

Production Record Regulation & Templates

Standardized Recipe Form

 

Meal Pattern Guidance

Vegetable Subgroups

Meal Pattern Chart for NSLP & SBP

Implementation Timeline for Final Rule

Offer Versus Serve Guidance Manual

Fluid Milk

SP 01-2025: Fluid Milk Requirements for School Meals

Meal Component Adjustments

For SFAs who regularly operate a 3, 4, 6, or 7 week schedule

 

School Breakfast Program Specific Guidance

Offering Meats and Meat Alternates at School Breakfast Grades K-12

Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit

 

Preschool Meal Pattern

 

Variations to the Meal Pattern

Accommodating Children with Disabilities in the School Meal Programs

Previously known as "Accommodating Children with Special Dietary Needs in the School Nutrition Programs"

Variations in Meal Requirements for Religious Reasons

Includes Jewish Dietary Law Exceptions

 

Nutrition Standards

Nutrition Standards in NSLP & SBP Final Rule

Nutrition Standards in NSLP & SBP Final Rule Q&A

USDA Nutrition Standards for School Meals

Child Nutrition Database Release 17

Nutrient Analysis Software Approved by USDA for Nutrient Analysis

Letter from Deputy Under Secretary Katie Wilson and Sodium Infographic

 

Flexibilities in the Meal Pattern

Providing School Meals for Students Observing Ramadan

Allowable Flexibilities for School Meal Programs Experiencing Milk Supply Shortages

Notice of Vacatur: Rescission of Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Flexibilities(link is external)

Extending Flexibility for RCCIs in the National School Lunch Program

 

USDA Child Nutrition: Program Integrity Final Rule

 

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