WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - A US federal court has struck down a 2018 Agriculture Department rule that reversed nutrition standards for sodium and whole grains in school meal programmes once championed by Mrs Michelle Obama, the former first lady.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - A US federal court has struck down a 2018 Agriculture Department rule that reversed nutrition standards for sodium and whole grains in school meal programmes once championed by Mrs Michelle Obama, the former first lady.
"The court concludes that the rule is not inconsistent with federal law, it does not reflect unexplained and arbitrary decision making, it does not represent an unacknowledged and unexplained change in position, and the USDA appropriately responded to public comments," ruled US District Judge George Hazel, an appointee of President Barack Obama."The court does find, however, that the final rule is not a logical outgrowth of the interim final rule, so it must be vacated.
The sodium and whole-grain standards were the first of a series of efforts by the Trump administration to roll back school nutrition rules implemented by the Obama administration. Another proposed rule, unveiled on Mrs Michelle Obama's birthday, would weaken nutrition standards for fruits and vegetables in school and summer meal programs.
The Trump administration has been chipping away at Mrs Michelle Obama's nutrition guidelines, arguing that they place an undue burden on school officials and raise the costs of school meals. In 2017, the Trump administration published an interim final rule that extended the time that schools had to reduce sodium levels and allowed states to continue granting waivers for the whole grain requirements as long as they could demonstrate hardship in complying. It also gave providers the option to offer flavored low-fat milk.
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