USDA school food rules allow plenty of ultra-processed snacks

A reader, Jennifer Windh, has done some serious investigation of loopholes in USDA’s school food rules that allow lots of ultra-processed snacks to be sold a la carte (“competitive foods”) outside of the USDA’s school meals program. USDA’s nutrition tandards also apply to competitive foods: Smart Snacks in Schools. The final rule for these standards, […]

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