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MSNA is a non-profit organization comprised of School Food Service Professionals in the state of Maryland. We are affiliated with the National School Nutrition Association which connects us to others across the nation with our same interest... Child Nutrition Programs for all children. |
SNA President Writes to First Lady
Click here to read the letter SNA President Katie Wilson wrote to First Lady Michelle Obama regarding comments Ms. Obama made regarding the School Meals programs.
SNA Comments on School Nutrition Dietary Assessment-IV (SNDA-IV)
Click here to read the letter SNA President Katie Wilson wrote to USDA on this subject.
Sen. Harkin Introduces Nutrition Standards Bill
On April 30, Sen. Harkin introduced a bill that would update the definition of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to correspond with current nutrition science. This bill would also expand the time and place rule, allowing the Secretary of Agriculture to have authority over competitive foods (foods and beverages sold on the school campus during the school day that compete with the nutritious meals available through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.) Click here to learn more.
Click here to read a letter SNA President Katie Wilson sent to Senator Harkin regarding the bill.
MSNA Asks USDA to Look at Sodium Content
of Commodity Cheese
MSNA has written a letter to USDA, asking it to review the high sodium content of the commodity cheese it makes available to the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Click here to view the letter that was sent to the director of the Food Distribution Division.
SNA Responds to ABC News Segment
On April 16, ABC News' Good Morning America (GMA) aired a segment on charge policies and alternate meals in Albuquerque schools. The story largely recycles an Associated Press article form February. SNA spoke extensively with the ABC producers and at different times they had committed to interviewing first Katie Wilson and later Mary Kate Harrison in Tampa. They reversed both of their decisions on those interviews. SNA has posted a statement on the GMA story along with links on the SNA website. Click this link: http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Blog.aspx?id=12262&blogid=622 to view the statement.
Click here to view the story that appeared on Good Morning America. Scroll down to the bottom of the article to view readers' comments (more than 1,000 have been posted already) on this story. You also will have an opportunity to post your own comment.
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