Competitive Foods and Smart Snacks

~Competitive Foods

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• NC Public School Law
• Existing Policy, Law and Regulation
• Competitive Foods Letter – Guidance on Food and Beverage Sales in Schools
• Competitive Foods Policy Brief – Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
• Competitive Foods Report – GAO
• Competitive Foods Child Obesity Research Brief
• Measuring Competitive Foods in Schools: A Point of Sales Approach

Smart Snacks

• (USDA) A Guide to Smart Snacks in School for School Year 2018-2019
• FNS Smart Snacks in School
• Smart Snack Fact Sheet
• Smart Snack Summary Chart
• Smart Snack Final Rule
• Final Rule: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
• Smart Snack Announcement Letter to Superintendents, Finance Officers and School Nutrition Administrators
• Smart Snack Calculator
• Smart Snack Cookie Q&A

Regulation & Policy for Smart Snacks

• SP 23-2014 (v.3)    Questions and Answers Related to the "Smart Snacks" Interim Final Rule - Revise (Rel. date:  March 31, 2015)
• SP 53-2014 Transition of Foods and Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Smart Snacks in School Standards (Rel. date: June 30, 2014)