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Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010

Introduced: February 4, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Feb 23, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Feb 4, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 4, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide states, school food authorities, local educational agencies, and local processing entities with model product specifications and practices for foods offered in the school lunch and breakfast programs so that such foods reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; (2) analyze, and report to Congress on, the quantity and quality of nutritional information available to school food authorities about food service products and commodities; and (3) purchase, to the maximum extent possible, the widest variety of healthful foods for the school lunch and breakfast programs that reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

What's happening now February 23, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1650 Related bill Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

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All 2 Democratic 1
Sestak, Joe
· Mar 11, 2010
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 22, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4607: Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4607/
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