Must foods that are brought in during authorized exempt situations, i.e., birthdays, event days and cultural heritage events, be pre-packaged?
The TPSNP does not address whether foods that are provided to students during authorized exempt events should be prepackaged or not. Individual schools and/or districts are authorized to establish their own local policies (within the parameters of the TPSNP) concerning what foods may or may not be allowed, and/or what form they may be in. Do the TPSNP provisions concerning fat content, sugar content and portion size under Nutrition Standards apply to foods provided to children in situations that fit under the policy’s “FMNV and Policy Exemptions” provisions? No. Any events that qualify as authorized exemptions are exempt for all other policy provisions. However, we would encourage educators to consider themselves stewards of their students’ health and to consider the nutritional consequences of any food they provide students at any time.
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