1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Milk in Lunches for Kids Act of 2019” or the “MILK Act of 2019”.
Milk in Lunches for Kids Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes.
2. Whole milk permissible
Section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
in clause (i), by striking “milk.” and all that follows through “(7 U.S.C. 5341)” and inserting “milk;”; and
in clause (ii), by striking “milk” the first place it appears and inserting “milk, flavored and unflavored whole milk, milk with 2 percent fat,”.
3. Healthy milk fat
The Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to exclude milk fat from the calculation of the average saturated fat content of a meal.