Title: Ketchup as a vegetable - Wikipedia
Headings: Ketchup as a vegetable
Ketchup as a vegetable
Contents
Summary
Legislative history
National School Lunch Act
Child Nutrition Act
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981
Food and Nutrition Service proposed regulations
Overall goals
Section I: removing red tape in record keeping & streamlining administration
Section II: meal crediting
School choice in crediting food alternates: pickle relish as a vegetable
Quantity reductions
Reaction
Ketchup
Changes in income eligibility
Diluting nutrition
Results
Similar efforts
See also
References

Content: In his testimony before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education on September 17, 1981, FNS Administrator G. William Hoagland described the ongoing frustration expressed by local school lunch administrators in having to adhere to strict guidelines in what foods to serve. " This is not a homogeneous nation. It is a compendium of likes and tastes", he said. Hoagland stated that the resulting proposed regulations reflected the opinions and needs communicated by local school districts. Overall goals
The Food and Nutrition Service's Proposed Plan was designed around three major goals towards providing more flexibility to local programs: to simplify administration of the National School Lunch Program as well as the School Breakfast Program and Child Care Program,
reduce meal portion requirements, and
revise how certain foods were counted towards nutrition goals. Section I: removing red tape in record keeping & streamlining administration
Several of the report's recommendations centered on eliminating some of the School Lunch Program record keeping and cost reporting burdens