History of School Nutrition Standards To The School Nutrition

							   History of School
  Nutrition Standards
             To The

School Nutrition Association
                                    John W. Bode
          Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC
                                   March 3, 2008
     Nutrition Standards History

   1977 Law makes sale of competitive foods
    subject to USDA rules

   1977 U.S. Senate Committee issues
    “Dietary Goals”
        Nutrition Standards History

   1979 First Dietary Guidelines for Health
    Americans
   1979 USDA publishes Competitive Foods
    Rule
       Prohibits sales of “minimal nutritional value”
        foods anywhere in school until last lunch of
        day is served
     Nutrition Standards History

   1983 U.S. Court of Appeals overturns
    “time and place” portions of competitive
    foods rule
     Nutrition Standards History

   1984 National Cancer Institute approaches
    Kellogg’s regarding cancer prevention
    message

   State Actions to block “claims” on food
    products
        Nutrition Standards History

   1990 Enactment of the Nutrition Labeling
    and Education Act --
       Nutrient Labeling of Packaged Foods
       Standard Serving Sizes
       Regulation of Labeling Claims
       Nationally Uniform Rules
          Burden on Interstate Commerce
          Affect on Food Costs
        Nutrition Standards History

   1990 Enactment of the Nutrition Labeling
    and Education Act --
       Science Based
       Nationally Uniform
     Nutrition Standards History

   1994 Law requires School Meal Pattern
    Follows Dietary Guidelines

   1990’s Recognition of Child Obesity as
    Major Public Health Threat
     Nutrition Standards History

   2004 Law Requires Local Wellness Policies

   2005 Revised Dietary Guidelines Issued

   2006 Child Nutrition Promotion and School
    Lunch Protection Act Introduced
        Nutrition Standards History
   2006 Child Nutrition Promotion and School
    Lunch Protection Act Introduced
   2007 Institute of Medicine Report regarding
    Competitive Foods --
       Foods to be Encouraged
       Foods Not Encouraged
       Other Foods – Exceed Intake Recommendations of
        the Dietary Guidelines for Nutrients such as fat and
        sodium
      A Matter of Standards

   SNA urges the Congress to require a
    science-based, yet practical, uniform
    national nutrition standard to govern
    the sale of all foods and beverages
    sold on the school campus during the
    school day.
      A Matter of Standards

   Give the Secretary the authority to
    regulate and enforce the sale of food
    and beverages outside of the
    cafeteria (ending the “time and
    place” rule).
       A Matter of Standards

   Require all a la carte and competitive
    food sales to be consistent with the
    Dietary Guidelines, as is required for
    school meals.
      A Matter of Standards

   Require national uniform school meal
    patterns throughout the country.
    Children in all states and local
    districts need the same nutrients to
    grow and be healthy. The current
    lack of uniformity is increasing the
    cost of the program.
QUESTIONS

                            John W. Bode
  Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC
                           March 3, 2008