Trump Rolls Back Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Nutrition Rules
- Proposal from USDA announced on former first lady’s birthday
- Agriculture Secretary Perdue cites flexibility, cuts in waste
Michelle Obama eats lunch with school children in a cafeteria in Alexandria, Virginia in 2012.
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The Trump administration announced a rollback of Michelle Obama’s signature initiative for healthy school lunches on Friday, coinciding with the former first lady’s birthday.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a proposed new regulation that would make it easier for school cafeterias to offer a la carte entrees to students and allow more varieties of vegetables to be used to meet nutrition requirements.