date:Mar 06, 2013
of Agriculture, which says schools in at least 39 states already have some kind of snack food standards in place. Thousands of schools have already taken voluntary steps towards meeting the proposed standards, the department said, adding that many of the schools have started making the changes with little or no impact to their revenue.
The new proposals come as a part of a second wave of regulations stemming from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Administrators are still working to com