first_name: Rachel
last_name: Higgs
email: rhiggs@csisd.org
message: "Please email me a copy of your Buy American Documentation for K-12 Schools for your K-12 products.\r\n\r\n----EXAMPLE----\r\nThe Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act provides in Section 12(n) the Buy American provision which requires that school food authorities (SFAs) operating school meal programs purchase domestically produced (grown) and processed foods, to the maximum extent practicable. The Buy American provision was codified in the National School Lunch Program regulations at 7 CFR 210.21(d). A “domestic commodity or product” is defined in the Federal regulations as:\r\n(i)\tAn agricultural commodity that is produced in the United States (U.S.); and\r\n(ii)\t (ii) A food product that is processed in the U.S., substantially using agricultural commodities that are produced in the U.S., 7 CFR 210.21(d). \r\nWith subsequent amendments to this act, these regulations were extended to Child and Adult Food Care Programs (CACFP). Meal pattern requirements were updated to make them more consistent with (a) the most recent version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines), (b) the most recent relevant nutrition science, and (c) appropriate authoritative scientific agency and organization recommendations. In continuance with the Act, CACFP’s would maintain the purchase of domestically produced foods to the maximum extent practicable. \r\nManufacturer Name certifies that the attached domestically produced products contain at least 51% domestically sourced ingredients."
