rice milk and soy milk in skools....

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THE SPECIAL NUTRITION PROGRAM (SNP) has extended the comment period regarding

adding fortified soy and rice milk to the school lunch program.

 

Word from the inside is that calls/faxes waned during November and December and

since THE SNP will be making a decision relatively soon, more calls are needed!

(Inside word also has it that the SNP is a little " confused " about soy and rice

milk and are starting to have second thoughts about including them....SO, polite

and informative calls NOW are VITAL!

 

(Please note: Do not ask SNP to eliminate milk....as much as we would like to

make that happen, we'll be shooting ourselves in the foot if we ask for this at

this point.)

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The SPECIAL NUTRITION PROGRAM, part of the FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, under the

USDA, is still taking comments about adding fortified soy and rice milk

alternatives to the public schools' food programs.

 

Once the SPECIAL NUTRITION PROGRAM hears from us (and unfortunately, from others

like the dairy industry too), they will draft a legislative proposal for

Congress asking Congress to amend the Child Nutrition Acts to hopefully include

milk alternates.

 

Please call and fax Peter Murano, information included below, to support adding

fortified soy and rice milk to the food programs in our public schools. (If we

don't accomplish this now, it might be another 3 or more years before we get

another chance...we are currently so close to reaching this goal that it would

be a shame to let it slip through our fingers! :-) )

 

Peter Murano, Associate Deputy Administrator

Special Nutrition Program

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

3101 Park Center Drive

Room 510

Alexandria, VA 22302

ph.: 703 305 2052

fax: 703 305 2782

 

Best,

Mary Max

mrsmax