[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7 Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR210.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 210--NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Requirements for School Food Authority Participation
 
Sec. 210.11  Competitive food services.

    (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section:
    (1) Competitive foods means any foods sold in competition with the 
Program to children in food service areas during the lunch periods.
    (2) Food of minimal nutritional value means: (i) In the case of 
artificially sweetened foods, a food which provides less than five 
percent of the Reference Daily Intakes (RDI) for each of eight specified 
nutrients per serving; and (ii) in the case of all other foods, a food 
which provides less than five percent of the RDI for each of eight 
specified nutrients per 100 calories and less than five percent of the 
RDI for each of eight specified nutrients per serving. The eight 
nutrients to be assessed for this purpose are--protein, vitamin A, 
vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, calcium, and iron. All 
categories of food of minimal nutritional value and petitioning 
requirements for changing the categories are listed in appendix B of 
this part.
    (b) General. State agencies and school food authorities shall 
establish such rules or regulations as are necessary to control the sale 
of foods in competition with lunches served under the Program. Such 
rules or regulations shall prohibit the sale of foods of minimal 
nutritional value, as listed in appendix B of this part, in the food 
service areas during the lunch periods. The sale of other competitive 
foods may, at the discretion of the State agency and school food 
authority, be allowed in the food service area during the lunch period 
only if all income from the sale of such foods accrues to the benefit of 
the nonprofit school food service or the school or student organizations 
approved by the school. State agencies and school food authorities may 
impose additional restrictions on the sale of and income from all foods 
sold at

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any time throughout schools participating in the Program.

[53 FR 29147, Aug. 2, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 23614, May 6, 1994]