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The Richard B. Russell '''National School Lunch Act''' (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 [[United States federal law]] that created the '''National School Lunch Program''' ('''NSLP''') to provide low-cost or free [[School meal|school lunch meals]] to qualified<!-- how do they qualify? --> students through subsidies to schools.<ref name="NSLA-FEP" /> The program was established as a way to prop up [[food prices]] by absorbing farm surpluses, while at the same time providing food to school-age children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |title=The National School Lunch Program Background and Development |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005942/http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named after [[Richard Russell Jr.]], signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12410|title=Harry S. Truman: Statement by the President Upon Signing the National School Lunch Act.|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref> and entered the federal government into schools' dietary programs on June 4, 1946.<ref name=NSLA-FEP>{{Cite web | url=https://federaleducationpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/1946-national-school-lunch-act/ | title=National School Lunch Act, 1946| date=February 19, 2011|website=Federal Education Policy History}}</ref> | |||
The Richard B. Russell '''National School Lunch Act''' (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 [[United States federal law]] that created the '''National School Lunch Program''' ('''NSLP''') to provide low-cost or free [[School meal|school lunch meals]] to qualified<!-- how do they qualify? --> students through subsidies to schools.<ref name="NSLA-FEP" /> The program was established as a way to prop up [[food prices]] by absorbing farm surpluses, while at the same time providing food to school-age children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |title=The National School Lunch Program Background and Development |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005942/http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named after [[Richard Russell Jr.]], signed into law by President | |||
The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served. Schools are also entitled to receive commodity foods and additional commodities as they are available from surplus agricultural stocks. The National School Lunch Program serves 30.5 million children each day for $8.7 billion for the fiscal year 2007. Most participants are also eligible for food during the summer through the [[Summer Food Service Program]]. | The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served. Schools are also entitled to receive commodity foods and additional commodities as they are available from surplus agricultural stocks. The National School Lunch Program serves 30.5 million children each day for $8.7 billion for the fiscal year 2007. Most participants are also eligible for food during the summer through the [[Summer Food Service Program]]. | ||
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==Food safety== | ==Food safety== | ||
In December 2009, a report was released that showed that [[fast food restaurant]]s were far more rigorous in checking for [[bacteria]] and dangerous [[pathogen]]s in [[beef]] and [[Chicken (food)|chicken]] than the school lunch program.<ref>{{cite news | title = Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches | work = | In December 2009, a report was released that showed that [[fast food restaurant]]s were far more rigorous in checking for [[bacteria]] and dangerous [[pathogen]]s in [[beef]] and [[Chicken (food)|chicken]] than the school lunch program.<ref>{{cite news | title = Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches | work = USA Today | date = 2009-12-09 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-school-lunch-standards_N.htm | access-date = 2009-12-10| first1=Peter| last1=Eisler| first2=Blake| last2=Morrison| first3=Anthony| last3=DeBarros}}</ref> | ||
A 2018 study by USDA and University of Connecticut researchers compared data from mandatory safety inspections for ground beef for the NSLP and separate data from random USDA inspections. The study found that the beef destined for the NSLP had fewer levels of test failures than beef for the market generally, although a study author noted that "ground beef that fails the National School Lunch Program’s inspection can be sold to other vendors and eventually make its way onto consumers' plates."<ref name="FSN">[https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/01/national-school-lunch-program-aces-safety-test/ National School Lunch Program aces ground beef safety review], ''Food Safety News'' (January 24, 2018).</ref> Between 2005 and 2014, there were no outbreaks of [[Salmonella]] and ''[[E. coli]]'' linked to beef provided to the NSLP, although there were dozens of such outbreaks in commercially sold ground beef over the same period.<ref name="FSN"/> | A 2018 study by USDA and University of Connecticut researchers compared data from mandatory safety inspections for ground beef for the NSLP and separate data from random USDA inspections. The study found that the beef destined for the NSLP had fewer levels of test failures than beef for the market generally, although a study author noted that "ground beef that fails the National School Lunch Program’s inspection can be sold to other vendors and eventually make its way onto consumers' plates."<ref name="FSN">[https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/01/national-school-lunch-program-aces-safety-test/ National School Lunch Program aces ground beef safety review], ''Food Safety News'' (January 24, 2018).</ref> Between 2005 and 2014, there were no outbreaks of [[Salmonella]] and ''[[E. coli]]'' linked to beef provided to the NSLP, although there were dozens of such outbreaks in commercially sold ground beef over the same period.<ref name="FSN"/> | ||
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