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            <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
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<p>This Interim Final rule&nbsp;or appropriate alternative seeks to provide short-term certainty regarding nutritional standards in the operations of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program as well as within the CACFP and the SMP for operators returning to operations after the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;FNS will continue to review comments and propose a new science-based permanent solution&nbsp;to align with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
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            <CFR>7 CFR 210.10</CFR>
            <CFR>7 CFR 210.11</CFR>
            <CFR>7 CFR 215.7a</CFR>
            <CFR>7 CFR 220.8</CFR>
            <CFR>7 CFR 226.20</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1758, sec. 9 (f)(1)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule (0584-AE84)</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/24/2020</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>85 FR 74847</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/25/2020</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>85 FR 75241</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/28/2020</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule or Appropriate Alternative</TTBL_ACTION>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Michael</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>DePiro</LAST_NAME>
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                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1320 Braddock Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Maureen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lydon</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0584</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FNS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 457-7713</PHONE>
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