[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Corrections]
[Pages 25569-25570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X98-20508]



  Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 89 / Friday, May 8, 1998 / 
Corrections  

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

7 CFR Parts 210 and 220

RIN 0584-AC38


National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: 
Additional Menu Planning Alternatives

Correction

    In proposed rule document 98-11654, beginning on page 24686, in the 
issue of Monday, May 4, 1998, make the following corrections:


Sec. 210.10  [Corrected]

    1. On page 24702, Sec. 210.10(d) is corrected to read as follows:
    (d) Minimum nutrient levels for school lunches/food-based menu 
planning alternatives.
    (1) Traditional food-based menu planning alternative. For the 
purposes of the traditional food-based menu planning alternative, as 
provided for in paragraph (k)(1) of this section, the following chart 
provides the minimum levels, by grade group, for calorie and nutrient 
levels for school lunches offered over a school week:

  Minimum Requirements for Nutrient Levels for School Lunches--Traditional Food-Based Alternative (School Week  
                                                    Averages)                                                   
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                                                               Minimum requirements                  Optional   
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
         Nutrients and energy allowances                                            Grades 4-12     Grades 7-12 
                                                     Preschool      Grades K-3      Ages 9 and      Ages 12 and 
                                                                     Ages 5-8          older           older    
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Energy allowances (calories)....................             517             663             785             825
Total fat (as a percentage of actual total food                                                                 
 energy)........................................           (\1\)           (\2\)           (\2\)           (\2\)
Total saturated fat (as a percentage of actual                                                                  
 total food energy).............................           (\1\)           (\3\)           (\3\)           (\3\)
RDA for protein (g).............................               7               9              15              16
RDA for calcium (mg)............................             267             267             370             400
RDA for Iron (mg)...............................             3.3             3.3             4.2             4.5
RDA for Vitamin A (RE)..........................             150             200             285             300
RDA for Vitamin C (mg)..........................              14              15              17             18 
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\1\ The dietary guidelines recommend that after 2 years of age ``* * * children should gradually adopt a diet   
  that, by about 5 years of age, contains no more than 30 percent of calories from fat.''                       
\2\ Not to exceed 30 percent over a school week.                                                                
\3\ Less than 10 percent over a school week.                                                                    

    (2)Enhanced food-based menu planning alternative. For the purposes 
of the enhanced food-based menu planning alternative, as provided for 
in paragraph (k)(2) of this section, the following chart provides the 
minimum levels, by grade group, for calorie and nutrient levels for 
lunches over a school week:

    Minimum Requirements for Nutrient Levels for School Lunches--Enhanced Food-Based Alternative (School Week   
                                                    Averages)                                                   
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                                                               Minimum requirements                  Optional   
         Nutrients and energy allowances         ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Preschool      Grades K-6      Grades 7-12     Grades K-3  
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Energy allowances (calories)....................             517             664             825             633
Total fat (as a percentage of actual total food                                                                 
 energy)........................................           (\1\)           (\2\)           (\2\)           (\2\)
Total saturated fat (as a percentage of actual                                                                  
 total food energy).............................           (\1\)           (\3\)           (\3\)           (\3\)
RDA for protein (g).............................               7              10              16               9
RDA for calcium (mg)............................             267             286             400             267
RDA for Iron (mg)...............................             3.3             3.5             4.5             3.3
RDA for Vitamin A (RE)..........................             150             224             300             200
RDA for Vitamin C (mg)..........................              14              15              18             15 
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\1\ The dietary guidelines recommend that after 2 years of age ``* * * children should gradually adopt a diet   
  that, by about 5 years of age, contains no more than 30 percent of calories from fat.''                       
\2\ Not to exceed 30 percent over a school week.                                                                
\3\ Less than 10 percent over a school week.                                                                    


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Sec. 220.8  [Corrected]

    2. On page 24708, in Sec. 220.8(g)(2)(ii), in the table, the 
heading, ``Operation for'' should read ``Option for''.
    3. On page 24708, in Sec. 220.8(g)(2)(ii), in the table, in the 
fourth column under ``Grades K-12'', in the fifth entry, ``of'' should 
read ``or''.
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