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HR 4870 111th Congress House Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Fruit and vegetables Horticulture and plants Nutrition and diet

Healthy School Meals Act of 2010

Introduced: March 17, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 17, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 17, 2010
Introduced in House
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Healthy School Meals Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to select school food authorities to participate in a pilot program evaluating the use of plant-based alternate protein products and fluid milk substitutes under the school lunch and breakfast programs.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) deliver plant-based alternate protein products and fluid milk substitutes to such food authorities at no cost for the preparation of meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs; and (2) assess which of such foods would be best for more general use in the school lunch and breakfast programs, and deliver them for general use under such programs, within two years of this Acts' enactment.

Requires the Secretary, within two years of this Act's enactment, to promulgate regulations that: (1) reflect specific recommendations for increased consumption of plant-based foods; and (2) provide for the distribution of supplemental commodity assistance or cash in lieu thereof to states and certain school food authorities that offer a plant-based entree on their daily lunch menus, for the purchase of entirely plant-based commodity food products or fluid milk substitutes.

Requires schools participating in the school lunch program to serve a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meets certain nutritional standards to students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a disability or medical or other special dietary need. (Eliminates the requirement that students who cannot consume fluid milk due to a disability provide schools with a statement from a physician that identifies such disability and specifies the fluid milk substitute.)

What's happening now April 30, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4870: Healthy School Meals Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4870/
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