date:Mar 11, 2016
e in school meals. The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee approved the draft bill on Jan. 20 .
At issue are federal dietary guidelines issued in 2010 and revised in January that call for schoolchildren to consume two to three servings of dairy daily to get critical nutrients including calcium, Vitamin D and potassium.
Those same dietary guidelines also discourage consumption of added sugars in foods because they contribute to a national obesity epidemic. Chocolate milk and ot