0584-AE53 201704 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements

This interim final rule provides flexibilities consistent with those currently available to Program operators participating in the Child Nutrition Programs beginning in School Year 2018-2019. These flexibilities include: (1) providing operators the option to offer flavored, low-fat (1 percent fat) milk in the Child Nutrition Programs; (2) extending the State agencies’ option to allow individual school food authorities to include grains that are not whole grain-rich in the weekly menu offered under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP); and (3) revising the sodium reduction timeline for the NSLP and SBP.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 210.10 7 CFR 210.11 7 CFR 215.7a 7 CFR 220.8 7 CFR 226.20 42 U.S.C. 1758 42 U.S.C. 1766 42 U.S.C. 1772 42 U.S.C. 1773 42 U.S.C. 1779 No Interim Final Rule 09/00/2017 School Lunch -- NSLA Section 9(a)(1) -- 42 USC 1758(a)(1) Child and Adult Care Food Program – NSLA Section 17(g) – 42 USC 1766(g) Special Milk Program -- Child Nutrition Act Section 3(a)(1) – 42 USC 1772(a)(1) School Breakfast Program – Child Nutrition Act Section 4(e)(1)(A) – 42 USC 1773(e)(1)(A) Smart Snacks in Schools – Child Nutrition Act Section 10(b) – 42 USC 1779(b) No None No No No Lynnette Thomas M. Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 605-4782 lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria VA 22302 Charles Watford H. Regulatory Review Specialist 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 605-0800 charles.watford@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria VA 22314