USDA Guidance Policies
Lunch Program/Breakfast Program
- Adult Meals, Pricing of, in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
- Beverage and Snack Agreements
- Beverage and Snack Contracts, Exclusive
- Buy American Provision
- Buy American Provision Questions and Answers
- Construction of School Lunch Facilities (pdf)
- Denying Meals and Milk to Children, Prohibition Against as Disciplinary Measure
- Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Fruit (pdf)
- Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Grains (pdf)
- Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Milk (pdf)
- Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Meeting the Challenge of Rising Food Costs (pdf)
- Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Vegetables (pdf)
- Farm to School Activities (pdf)
- Fluid Milk Provision -- Fat Content Variety
- Food Management Company; Contract Procedures
- Foods of Minimal Nutrtional Value, Aerated Beverages
- Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value and Competitive Foods
- Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value, Sales and Food Service Area
- Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value, Exemption List (pdf)
- Grain-Fruit Products, Listing of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Approved Formulated Products
- Hamburger, USDA Advises Using a Thermometer
- Meal Tickets; Handling Lost, Stolen and Misused
- Meal Service during School Closures Related to H1N1
- Plastic Cards; Lost and Stolen Ticket Policy
- Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program (pdf)
- School Garden Questions and Answers - USDA Memo (pdf)
- Use of Vending Machines in School Meal Programs
- Use of Vending Machines in School Meal Programs Questions and Answers
- Vegetable Protein Products, Implementation Guidance on the Modifications and Use in the School Meals Programs
Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)
- Snack Program Information and Requirements
- Snack Program, Meal Pattern
- Snack Program, Creditable Foods (pdf)
Donated Foods
Eligibility Memos
- Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household (pdf)
- Questions and Answers on Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household (pdf)
- Eligibility of Haitian Refugees (pdf)
- Exclusion of Military Combat Pay (pdf)
- Free & Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Information Released - Limited Disclosure Policy
-
Head Start Eligibility (pdf)
- Homeless Children in the National School Lunch Program
Procurement
- Applying Geographic Preference for the Procurement of Unprocessed Agricultural Products in the Child Nutrition Programs (pdf)
- Applying Geographic Preferences in Procurements for the Child Nutrition Programs (pdf)
- Applying Geographic Preferences in Procurements for the Child Nutrition Programs Questions and Answers (pdf)
- Suspension and Debarment and Drug Free Workplace Requirements (pdf)
- Guidelines for Procurement Standards on Commodity Processed Items (pdf)
- Federal Procurement Rules - 3016 & 3019 (pdf)
- Missouri Procurement Rules - Chapter 34
- Office of Management & Budget - circular A-87
- Procurement Requirements for National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs (pdf)
- USDA Procurement Questions and Answers
Accomodating Children with Special Dietary Needs
- Allergy Prevention and Response
- Medical Statemenet for Students Requiring Special Meals
- Milk Subsitution Rule (pdf)
- Milk Substitution Rule Q&A
- Special Dietary Needs of Children