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S. 1650

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Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009
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Committee
Latest Action · September 8, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
September 8, 2009
Sponsor
Sen. Blanche LincolnD
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009 - 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.

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