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Nutrition services outlines $1.11M USDA entitlement plan, runs trustee taste test of commodity-based menu items
Summary
Nutrition staff explained USDA commodity-entitlement allocation and March planning deadlines, described how purchaser decisions are made to lower plate cost, showed commodity-driven cost comparisons, and led trustees through a taste test of proposed menu items; staff also described upcoming adjustments to follow new Dietary Guidelines and a state ban on titanium dioxide in some products.
Nutrition services staff presented the district’s annual commodity‑entitlement planning and led trustees through a taste test of proposed menu items.
Natalie (nutrition lead) and buyer Michelle Shear explained how the USDA commodity program allocates dollars based on prior‑year meal counts (expressed in entitlement "pounds"). Staff said the newly released entitlement for the district is $1,113,931.40 and that districts must tell the USDA by the March deadline how they plan to assign pounds and dollars to specific food items…
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