Schools participating in the National School Lunch Program would be allowed to offer flavored and unflavored whole and 2% reduced-fat milk under
The bill would decouple allowable milk options for NSLP lunches from recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, overturning limitations set by an Obama-era law. That law aligned milk options to the standards issued jointly by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments that continue to recommend reduced fat or fat free milk. Participating schools can only provide flavored and unflavored fat-free and 1% low-fat milk to students.
“Whole milk is the ...