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ResetResource | Technical Assistance
    A Guide to Smart Snacks in School
        A helpful resource for anyone managing school vending machines, fundraisers, or snack bars to better understand the smart snacks standards.
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    08/04/2022
    Resource | Toolkits
    Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks
        A number of tools and resources are available to help schools identify food items that meet Smart Snacks criteria. See the resources below for information about the Smart Snacks requirement, helpful tools, and ways to encourage children to make healthier snack choices that give them the nutrition they need to grow and learn.
      08/22/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0012
    Q&As Related to the “Smart Snacks” Interim Final Rule
        This is the third in a series of Questions and Answers related to the interim final rule titled, National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
          SP23-2014v3
    03/31/2015
    Resource | Best Practices
    Best Practices for Healthy School Fundraisers
        This brochure provides ideas to use healthy choices for fundraising that sell only nonfood items or foods that meet the Smart Snacks nutrition standards.
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    09/12/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0062
    Smart Snacks Standards for Exempt Foods when Paired Together
        The purpose of this memo is to clarify Smart Snacks standards for exempt foods that are paired together as a single snack.
          SP63-2014
    09/11/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0056
    State Agency Fundraiser Elections and Exemptions
        The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 directed the Department of Agriculture to establish nutrition standards for all foods and beverages sold to students on the school campus during the school day, including foods sold through school fundraisers.
          SP59-2014
    08/12/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0053
    Transition of Foods and Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Smart Snacks in School Standards
        This memorandum is to inform you that all foods of minimal nutritional value exemptions will end on June 30, 2014. Therefore, the attached list, Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulation will become obsolete on July 1, 2014. Beginning July, 1, 2014, the interim final rule for Smart Snacks in School will go into effect for school year 2014-15. Therefore, any competitive foods and beverages must meet the nutrition standards specified in the interim final rule.
          SP53-2014
    06/30/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0033
    Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Culinary Education Programs
        The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance regarding the treatment of culinary education programs that operate in schools participating in the federal school meal programs.
          SP40-2014
    04/22/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0028
    Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Exempt Fundraisers
        The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance regarding state agency responsibilities to establish limitations on the frequency of specially exempted fundraisers in schools.
          SP36-2014
    04/17/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0027
    Grain Entrees Related to the Smart Snacks in School Standards
        The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the status of grain-only items as entrées under the Interim Final Rule titled “National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010,” also known as the Smart Snacks in School rule.
          SP35-2014
    04/17/2014

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