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Caddo nutrition director says bids comply with near‑term state nutrition standards; board pressed on additives and local sourcing
Summary
Board members pressed district child nutrition staff about how upcoming state restrictions on certain dyes and additives and efforts to buy local produce would affect school menus; the director said menus meet 2025–26 sodium and sugar limits and staff will review vendor items for later restrictions.
Board members questioned Caddo Parish child nutrition staff on June 17 about whether the district's food bids comply with newly enacted state restrictions on dyes, artificial sweeteners and other additives and how the district can expand purchases from local farmers.
Kaye Lynch, director of child nutrition, said the district's bid and planned menus already account for the state's sodium reductions and sugar limits that take effect in 2025–26. Lynch told the board she would re‑review vendor lists for dyes and other additives…
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