ERIC Number: ED131173
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 10
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Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as Amended (Asterisks Indicate Deletion of Provisions No Longer Effective as of 10/7/75).
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC.
The Declaration of Purpose of this Act states that in recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, based on the years of cumulative successful experience under the national school lunch program with its significant contributions in the field of applied nutrition research, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that these efforts shall be extended, expanded, and strengthened under the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture as a measure to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's children, and to encourage the domestic consumption of agricultural and other foods, by assisting States, through grants-in-aid and other means, to meet more effectively the nutritional needs of our children. Sections of the Act deal with: special milk program authorization school breakfast program authorization, apportionment to States, State disbursement to schools, nutritional and other program requirements, nonprofit private schools, nonfood assistance program authorization, apportionments to states, reserve of funds, payments to states, state administrative expenses, utilization of foods, nonprofit programs, regulations and prohibitions, and others. (JM)
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Authoring Institution: Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Child Nutrition Act 1966
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