3.0.0 1500 2023-01-11T13:18:14Z 2023-01-11T13:18:14Z Senate S S 2009-07-22 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-22T21:59:12Z 2009-07-22 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2009-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-02-09 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-03-25 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-03-25 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Child health Department of Agriculture Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Education 00 2009-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-04T19:53:37Z Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit schools and service institutions that participate in the School Lunch program or the School Breakfast program, under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, from serving food that contains trans fats.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) give such schools and service institutions five years to phase-out trans-fatty foods; (2) establish a process for granting hardship waivers to schools or service institutions that face difficulties in meeting such deadline due to contractual obligations or significant financial hardship; and (3) prepare guidance to assist schools and service institutions in transitioning from trans-fatty to healthy oils.

]]> A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils. Display Title A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1500is/xml/BILLS-111s1500is.xml 2009-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.