Food Politics by Marion Nestle » USDA makes school meals more flexible (translation : less nutritious)

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USDA Promises New SNAP Flexibilities to Promote Self-Sufficiency
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“SNAP was created to provide people with the help they need to feed themselves and their families, but it was not intended to be a permanent lifestyle,” said Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. “As a former Governor, I know first-hand how important it is for states to be given flexibility to achieve the desired goal of self-sufficiency for people. We want to provide the nutrition people need, but we also want to help them transition from government programs, back to work, and into lives of independence.”

Via Marion Nestle #flexibilité #guerre_aux_pauvres

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Food Politics by Marion Nestle » USDA makes school meals more flexible (translation: less nutritious)
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The USDA announces its revised school meal rules, in words that would make George Orwell proud:
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today provided local food service professionals the flexibility they need to serve wholesome, nutritious, and tasty meals in schools across the nation. The new School Meal Flexibility Rule…reflects USDA’s commitment, made in a May proclamation to work with program operators, school nutrition professionals, industry, and other stakeholders to develop forward-thinking strategies to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and practical…This action reflects a key initiative of USDA’s Regulatory Reform Agenda, developed in response to the President’s Executive Order to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens.”
Try and get your head around this. The revised rules make school meals less nutritious. They allow schools to:
Serve flavored rather than plain low-fat milk (higher in sugar)
Be exempt from serving whole grain-rich products.
Have until the end of the 2020-2021 school year to reduce the salt in school meals.
#Etats-Unis

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