Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021”.
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program under such Act to serve whole milk.
Sec. 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 to read as follows:
“(A) In general—Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this chapter—
“(i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk;
“(ii) may offer students flavored and unflavored whole, reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk; and
“(iii) shall provide a substitute for fluid milk for students whose disability restricts their diet, on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician that identifies the disability that restricts the student’s diet and that specifies the substitute for fluid milk.”