A new watchdog report is revealing more than two dozen states have reported delivery challenges with getting food for school meals purchased by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office said 28 states reported “major challenges with delivery issues” in the 2021-2022 school year, which includes cancelations, delays and incomplete orders.
According to the report, around 15 to 20 percent of the food served through the National School Lunch Program is purchased by the USDA, which averages a cost of $1.6 billion a year. In response to the delivery issues, GAO recommended USDA develop a system to address large scale problems and to improve communication with states.
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