Continue to Site >>>

legislation and regulation

Workforce

The Affordable Care Act is law: Now what?

 By Paul King on May 01, 2014

Obamacare has taken effect, but many institutions and contractors are still evaluating its impact.

Operations

Readers react to SNA criticism

By Becky Schilling on Apr. 24, 2014

Two child nutrition directors write letters expressing disagreement following blog post about School Nutrition Association.

Operations

Military fast food outlets get temporary reprieve from new wage rules

Apr. 21, 2014

The Labor Department has pulled back from new minimum wage rules that had led several fast-food restaurants to end their contracts on military installations and prompted others to possibly follow suit.

Operations

USDA to test adding canned, frozen produce in federal school snack program

Apr. 21, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving ahead with a new pilot program to test the impact of opening up the popular school fruit and vegetable program to canned, frozen or dried fruits and vegetables.

Operations

New meal regs greatly affect school menus

Apr. 09, 2014

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act greatly impacted what the majority of operators offer at lunch, according to new research from Datassential. Other challenging areas include menu rotation and reimbursements.

Operations

Nearly one in five Americans struggle with food insecurity

By Becky Schilling on Mar. 24, 2014

In this month’s Editor’s Letter, I wrote about a new focus for my blog in the upcoming months: hunger.

Operations

Technology versus privacy

By Paul King on Mar. 20, 2014

I was reading an article the other day about a bill currently making its way through the Florida legislature that would ban the use of biometrics in school cafeterias in the interest of protecting children’s privacy.

Operations

Breakfast regs causing fewer problems than lunch

By Becky Schilling on Mar. 12, 2014

New breakfast regulations are easier to meet and are causing fewer negative student reactions than last year's lunch ones. That's borne out by statistics that show participation for the morning meal holding steady in the past two years. This year's K-12 Census Report also looks at the cost per meal, participation levels and the new competitive foods rules.

Operations

Reflections from LAC

By Becky Schilling on Mar. 12, 2014

This year’s Legislative Action Conference (LAC), held last week in Washington, D.C., saw nearly 900 child nutrition professionals brave a winter storm in our nation’s capital.

Operations

Healthy-eating rules are no problem, Pocono schools say

Mar. 10, 2014

Pocono schools say they cut out junk food a long time ago, so new federal rules allowing schools to advertise only healthy foods should be no problem.

  • Page 59