IDFA, NMPF applaud introduction of School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017
The bill calls for schools to offer low-fat and fat-free milk, including certain flavored milk, to participants in federal school lunch and breakfast programs.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., and the Arlington, Va.-based National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill on Oct. 24 to help reverse the decline of milk consumption in schools.
The School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017, introduced by Reps. G.T. Thompson (R-PA) and Joe Courtney (D-CT), would allow schools to offer low-fat and fat-free milk, including flavored milk with no more than 150 calories per 8-ounce serving, to participants in the federal school lunch and breakfast programs, IDFA and NMPF stated. The bill would let individual schools and school districts determine which milkfat varieties to offer their students.