Politico: Industry groups provide half School Nutrition Association’s budget
June 04, 2014 | 01:25 PM
The School Nutrition Association gets about half its $10 million operating budget from companies that supply food to schools, according to an analysis of public tax filings, Politico reported today.
SNA has denied that the concerns of processed food makers have led the organization to call for a one-year waiver from healthier school meal rules and to call on the Agriculture Department to roll back regulations such as the mandate that children be served a half-cup of fruits or vegetables at each meal.
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SNA has denied that the concerns of processed food makers have led the organization to call for a one-year waiver from healthier school meal rules and to call on the Agriculture Department to roll back regulations such as the mandate that children be served a half-cup of fruits or vegetables at each meal.
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