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Show New Fed. tavs Hope to Improve Lunches A new federal regulation restricting the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value sold in public schools will" go into., effect July 1, 1980, The rule'; applies to schools participate ing in the National School Lunch Program. This will mean some changes in what will be available in . school vending machines and'Csnack bars." ' " . : y This . regulation, issueel, by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. , is in effect from the beginning of the school dav to the .end:bf 1 - ... ..v the last lunch period.- . "We. are: .not advocating removal (if. vending machines or snack barkiperationsfrom Utah schools," said :H.H. Winawer. coordinator of Child Nutrition Programs at the Uiah State Office of Education. Educa-tion. "Instead we suggest that the school replace the prohibited prohib-ited foods with such items as fruits, nuts and fruit juices which make a significant nu,Htionai iotribl,tio.-- h'e . continued. "It is important to help students develop good eating habits," he emphasized. "The State Office of Education Educa-tion is charged with implementing implem-enting this regulation. We must uphold the nutritional integrity of the National School Lunch Program which was' created to bring better nutrition to the nation's youngsters." he said. - "It .is important that we foster a school environment in which nutrition education and food service policies reinforce each other in promoting good eating habits among stud-ems," stud-ems," he added.. Foods which provide less han 5 of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for each of eight specified nutrients per 100 calories and per serving will be prohibited from sale until after the last lunch period. |