[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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 any time throughout schools participating in the Program.



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