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            <PUBLICATION_ID>202310</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rule would finalize long-term school nutrition standards based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020- 2025, and feedback that USDA received from child nutrition program stakeholders through an extensive stakeholder engagement campaign. The revisions are expected to make school meals more nutritious and more consistent with the goals of the most recent Dietary Guidelines, as required by statute. In addition, this rule would address the Buy American provision, which requires school food authorities to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products for use in the school meal programs. This rulemaking would impact schools that participate in the school meal programs, and for certain rule provisions, facilities and institutions that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and sponsors that participate in the Summer Food Service Program. This rulemaking would also impact participants who receive meals and snacks through the child nutrition programs. USDA received stakeholder input on this rulemaking prior to publishing the proposed rule. Throughout 2022, USDA held over 50 listening sessions with State agencies, school food authorities, advocacy organizations, Tribal stakeholders, professional associations, food manufacturers, and other Federal agencies to inform the proposed rule. USDA also received extensive input through public comments on the proposed rule. Through this stakeholder engagement, USDA gained valuable insights into the successes and challenges that schools experience implementing the school meal nutrition standards and will use this information to develop a practical and durable final rule.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Section 3(f)(1) Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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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>
            <CFR>...</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1758, sec. 9 (f)(1)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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<p>The revisions are needed to make school meals more nutritious and more consistent with the goals of the most recent Dietary Guidelines, as required by statute.</p>
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<p>42 U.S.C. 1758, sec. 9 (f)(1)</p>
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<p>In the proposed rule, USDA considered two alternative proposals for the milk requirements in school meals, one that would maintain the current requirements and an alternative that would not allow flavored milk for children in grades K-8. USDA also considered two alternatives for the grain requirements in school meals, one that would maintain the current requirements and an alternative that would require all grains to be whole grain-rich, except that one day per week, schools may offer enriched grains. In addition, USDA considered proposing product-specific total sugars limits (to align with existing CACFP requirements) rather than added sugars limits.</p>
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<p>USDA estimated that the proposed rule would cost schools between $0.03 and $0.04 per breakfast and lunch served or between $220 and $274 million annually including both the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program starting in School Year 2024-2025. The costs to schools would mainly be due to a shift in purchasing patterns to products with reduced levels of added sugars and sodium, administrative costs, and increased labor costs for continued sodium reduction over time.</p>
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<p>None known at this time.</p>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/07/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 8050</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/31/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 19229</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/10/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Extension</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/10/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2024</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>Undetermined</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <RIN>0584-AE91</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Merged with</RIN_RELATION>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Michael</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>DePiro</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Specialist</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0584</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FNS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 305-2876</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>michael.depiro@usda.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1320 Braddock Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Maureen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lydon</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>0584</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FNS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 457-7713</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>maureen.lydon@usda.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1320 Braddock Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22314</ZIP>
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