Menu item

Menu item means, under Nutrient Standard Menu Planning or Assisted Nutrient Standard Menu Planning, any single food or combination of foods. All menu items or foods offered as part of the reimbursable meal may be considered as contributing towards meeting the nutrition standards provided in 220.23, except for those foods that are considered as foods of minimal nutritional value as provided for in the definition of Foods of minimal nutritional value in this sectionwhich are not offered as part of a menu item in a reimbursable meal. For the purposes of a reimbursable breakfast, a minimum of three menu items must be offered, one of which shall be fluid milk served as a beverage or on cereal or both; under offer versus serve, a student may decline only one menu item.

Source

7 CFR § 220.2


Scoping language

For the purpose of this part the term:

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