NANA recommendations for Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2022

CSPI comments to USDA re: child nutrition program transitional standards

CSPI submits these comments in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium” final rule (87 FR 6984), which will provide necessary flexibility to schools for SY 2022-2023 and SY 2023-2024 as they respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. CSPI urges the USDA to align school meals with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, particularly with respect to added sugars, sodium, and whole grains in the rulemaking expected later this year.

USDA provides much-needed temporary help for school meals, commits to strengthening standards in longer term

With global supply chains and labor shortages for school food service staff not yet resolved, schools need more flexibility than ever to meet the challenge of serving one or two free healthy meals daily to millions of children.

Few policies affecting food bank donations prioritize nutrition, report finds

No federal policies and few state policies affecting food bank donations currently prioritize nutrition, according to a new report released today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

The coalition for poultry safety reform welcomes the launch of a new USDA effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products

Members of the Coalition for Poultry Safety Reform welcome the announcement today by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) launching a new effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.

USDA: School Foods

Federal court threw out the Trump administration’s nutritional rollbacks for the school meals program.

Advancing equity at USDA

Broad coalition calls for modernization of poultry food safety at USDA to reduce illnesses

An unprecedented coalition of consumer groups, illness survivors, poultry industry leaders, academic scientists, and other food safety leaders are seeking a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to make a united case for a modernized, science-based regulatory approach to ensure the food safety of poultry products.

CSPI urges House passage of Build Back Better Act

Letter to Secretary Vilsack re: Updated thrifty food plan

In this September 7, 2021 letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, CSPI and other members of the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) thank the USDA for acting quickly on Congress’s call to update the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP)—used to calculate benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—to reflect the true cost of an affordable, nutritious diet.