Executive Update
Executive Update Tim Carroll Co-Founder/Publisher Dee Carroll Co-Founder/Editorial Director •••••• Terry Oldano Managing Editor Karen Haghighi, SNS Foodservice Industry Consultant Sally Spero School Foodservice Consultant Jan Johnston Director of Creative Services Maryann Stubblefield Senior Designer Editorial Advisory Board Barbara Bumgardner, BSBM, SNS Food Service Director Middleton School District, ID Jon Myers, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Noble Public Schools, OK Krista Hamilton-Neal MS, RD, LD, SNS Director of School Nutrition Services Stillwater Public Schools, OK Angela Rodriquez, REHS, SNS School Nutrition Director Currituck County Schools, NC Eric Span Director of Nutrition Services Sweetwater Union High School District, CA Chef Alliance Members Chef Samantha Cowens- Gasbarro, SNS Executive Chef Healthy School Recipes Chef Stephanie Dyehouse Assistant Supervisor of Culinary Development Cincinnati Public Schools, OH
With Change Comes Possibilities What Two Acts Might Do for School Foodservice
One could say government agencies are playing catch-up these days. For some years now, the issues of child nutrition, and of food safety, have remained on the back burner. That may be changing, however, with two measures introduced during the month of July. I. Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act – (H.R. 8450) Bobby Scott, (D-Virginia), Chair, House Education and Labor Committee Suzanne Bonamici, (D-Oregon), Civil Right s and Human Services Subcommittee Chair On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, the long-awaited child nutrition reauthorization bill was finally introduced. It is in the early stages of the legislative process, with markup having been scheduled for July 27, 2022. The prior reauthorization for the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act had expired on September 20, 2015. Here are just some of the provisions included in this lengthy Act: • Section 101. Emergency Waivers or Modifications – provides the Secretary of Agriculture “the authority to waive certain statutory or regulatory requirements . . . in the event of a qualifying emergency.” • Section 103. Expanding Community Eligibility – by changing the multiplier “used to determine the rate of federal reimbursement to schools participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) from 1.6 to 2.5.” • Section 201. Increasing Reimbursement Rate of School Meals – at a proposed 10 cents for meals served in the National School Lunch Program. • Section 205. Kitchen Improvement and Personnel Training – authorizes $35,000,000 per year for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028, “to purchase kitchen equipment, improve kitchen infrastructure, purchase software and technology systems needed to serve healthy meals and promote food safety.” The Act proposes to provide commodity entitlement for school breakfast, and to add school meal debt protections for families, as well. II. Food Safety Administration Act of 2022 – (S. 4520) Senator Richard (Dick) Durbin, (D-Illinois), Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, (D-Connecticut), Chair, House Appropriations Committee On July 13, 2022, the Food Safety Administration Act of 2022 was introduced. Its aim is to shift food safety oversight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Responsibilities for food safety will thereafter lie with a new independent federal agency, to be known as the Food Safety Administration. If passed, the Act will incorporate “all FDA food program units – the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA).” The agency is to be headed by a food safety expert, who will be confirmed by the Senate.
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Community School, St. Louis, MO Chef Brenda Wattles, RDN Consultant for Child Nutrition Programs BLT Food & Nutrition, LLC
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