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Trump Admin to Roll Back School Meal Standards on Vegetables, Fruits
By GQ Pan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday announced two proposals to roll back school meal standards on vegetables and fruits initially championed by former first lady Michelle Obama.

The new standards, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, are designed to give local schools and foodservice operators more flexibility “because they know their children best.”

“Schools and school districts continue to tell us that there is still too much food waste and that more common-sense flexibility is needed to provide students nutritious and appetizing meals,” Perdue said in a press release. “We listened, and now we’re getting to work.”

The school nutrition standards advocated by Michelle Obama and signed into law by her husband have long been a source of controversy. Shortly after taking office, Perdue pledged to ax those standards that aimed to combat childhood obesity by serving more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. He argued that they have led to schoolchildren simply not eating the meals.

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