national school food and beverage standards: a historical perspective
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National School Food and Beverage Standards: A Historical Perspective. Katie Wilson, PhD, SNS President-elect and Chair, National Nutrition Standards Task Force. The Goal. What’s best for children!. What we’ve heard?. Solicited input through: Nutrition Standards Summit, CNIC 2009 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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National School Food and Beverage Standards: A Historical Perspective
Katie Wilson, PhD, SNS
President-elect and Chair, National Nutrition Standards Task Force
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The Goal
What’s best for children!
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What we’ve heard?
Solicited input through:•Nutrition Standards Summit, CNIC 2009•Nutrition Committee•Industry Patron Members•Mega Issue Discussion at National Leadership Conference•Town Hall Meeting at LAC 2007
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SNA members and industry would like…
• Science-based standards• Standards that pre-empt state and local standards• Standards that apply to Child Nutrition Programs:
– NSLP– SBP– After-school Snacks– Summer Food Service Program
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They would also like…
• Standards that apply to other foods sold or consumed during the school day, such as:– School Parties– Fundraisers– A la Carte– Vending
• No standards for after school and evening activities, such as concessions at games, PTA/PTO meetings, etc.
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Process
1. SNA appointed a task force to draft national standards
2. Gathered comments from all SNA member segments:
a. Posted drafted standards on SNA website
b. Encouraged members to comment on standards
3. Held a “Nutrition Summit” at CNIC 2008
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Outcomes
Task Force reviewed:
a. Existing state and local standards
b. Standards developed by other organizations, such as the Institute of Medicine and Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Task Force drafted:
a. Guiding Principles
b. Proposed standards for foods and beverages sold/served within reimbursable meal programs
c. Proposed standards for foods and beverages outside reimbursable meal programs within the school day
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Nutrition Summit Process
• Presentations by:– Institute of Medicine– Alliance for a Healthier Generation– SNA
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Nutrition Summit
A group of approximately 100 SNA state and national leaders and industry participated in Nutrition Summit, specifically examined four key areas (Contentious Content Standards):
• Need for sugar standards for milk/dairy products• Need for sodium standards• Definition of whole grain (51%)• Pre-emption
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Group Process
The three groups examined four key issue areas– Unanimously agree/disagree– Substantial majority (60%) agree/disagree– Split decision (less than 60% consensus)
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Contentious Content Standard #1
Yellow Group Blue Group Red Group
Substantial Majority – should be quantified
Unanimous Consent – should be quantified
Substantial Majority – should be quantified
Comments:-Would like a range for sugar levels-What about establishing calorie range instead of sugar levels?
Sugar levels in milk and dairy productsshould be quantified.
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Contentious Content Standard #2
Yellow Group Blue Group Red Group
Unanimous Consent – should be quantified
Unanimous Consent – should be quantified
Unanimous Consent – should be quantified
Comments:-Suggest quantification over a week for school meals-Suggest quantification for individual food items outside reimbursable meal and snacks-Suggest a range
Sodium levels should be quantified.
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Contentious Content Standard #3
Yellow Group Blue Group Red Group
Unanimous Consent – should be 51%
Substantial Majority – should be 51%
Substantial Majority – should be 51%
Comments:-Would clear up current discrepancies and confusion-Will require education and training-Should mean that the whole grain ingredients add up to 51% or that whole grain is the primary ingredient
Whole grain definition should mean a minimum of 51% whole grain.
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Contentious Content Standard #4
Yellow Group Blue Group Red Group
Unanimous Consent – should pre-empt, minus 1
Substantial Majority – should pre-empt
Substantial Majority – should pre-empt
Comments:-Consistency, ease of training, hard to hit a moving target,-Less costly for industry and schools-Maximum efficiency
Federal standards should pre-empt stateand local standards.
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Other issues/questions
• Will need changes in commodities to meet the standards• Training and education will be critical• 100% juice (concern with not allowing 100% juice + water
products)• Concerns with fruit only packed in water or natural juices• Concerns with meeting fruit, vegetable and legume
recommendations• What is the position on non-nutritive sweeteners?• Should we be looking at fat in terms of grams instead of %?• Concerns about financial implications• Customer acceptance is key!
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Next Steps
1. Task force to carefully review all comments and outcomes from Nutrition Summit and revise drafted national standards- LAC 2008.
2. Meet with IOM, AHG, CSPI, ADA to build support.
3. Present revised draft to SNA Board of Directors for review and approval.
4. Publicize standards and seek support from key stakeholders.
5. Seek support of National Nutrition standards as regulations, rather than law.
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Revisions
• We studied the issue.• We listened to all of you.• We worked through revisions to meet the needs
that were expressed by the majority of voices.• We are now ready to take them to the SNA
Executive Board in April 2008.• We will publicize after board approval.• We will take them to our PPL committee, Senator
Harkin and USDA after board approval.
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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION