# Requirements for meals.
**AGENCY:**
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Department of Agriculture (USDA).
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendments.
**SUMMARY:**
On October 18, 2021, the Food and Nutrition Service revised rules concerning meal pattern tables for the National School Lunch Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The document contained incorrect table entries. This document corrects the final regulations.
**DATES:**
Effective January 27, 2022 and applicable beginning October 1, 2021.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Alice McKenney, Branch Chief, Child Nutrition Division, 703-305-2590.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This is a correcting amendment to the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS's) technical amendments published October 18, 2021 (86 FR 57544). The technical amendments inadvertently omitted a distinct value for ready-to-eat cereal requirements in two of the tables and misprinted the amount of yogurt required in one of the tables. This amendment also corrects a typographical error related to the amount of milk required in one of the tables. Prior to the technical amendment published on October 18, 2021, both infant cereal and ready-to-eat breakfast cereal requirements were presented in tablespoons; 0-4 tablespoons of either type of cereal were required for infants when cereal was served as a snack. In Table 6 to 7 CFR 210.10(o)(4)(ii) for Infant Snack Meal Pattern and Table 1 to 7 CFR 226.20(b)(5) for Infant Meal Patterns, the correct conversion of 0-4 tablespoons of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal to ounces is 0 to 1/4 ounce equivalents, not 0 to 1/2 ounce equivalents as was erroneously printed in the October 18, 2021, amendment. In Table 4 to 7 CFR 226.20(c)(3) for Child and Adult Care Food Program Snack, four of the columns (Ages 1-2, 3-5, 6-12, and 13-18) included misprints for yogurt amounts; “2 ounces or 1/2 cup” is being corrected to “2 ounces or 1/4 cup” and “4 ounces or 3/4 cup” is being corrected to “4 ounces or 1/2 cup”. In the same table, the amount of milk for ages 3-5 is being corrected from 6 fluid ounces to 4 fluid ounces. The reference to 6 fluid ounces was an error when converting 1/2 cup to fluid ounces in the *Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements* (83 FR 63775 (Dec. 12, 2018)) which inadvertently carried forward into the October 18, 2021, technical correction.
**List of Subjects**
Grant programs—education, Grant programs—health, Infants and children, Nutrition, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, School breakfast and lunch programs, Surplus agricultural commodities.
Accounting, Aged, American Indians, Day care, Food assistance programs, Grant programs, Grant programs—health, Individuals with disabilities, Infants and children, Intergovernmental relations, Loan programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Surplus agricultural commodities.
Accordingly, FNS amends 7 CFR parts 210 and 226 by making the following correcting amendments:
**PART 210—NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM**
**7 CFR Part 210**
1. The authority citation for part 210 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
42 U.S.C. 1751-1760, 1779.
**7 CFR Part 210**
2. Amend § 210.10 by revising table 6 to paragraph (o)(4)(ii) to read as follows:
§ 210.10
(o) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) * * *
| Birth through 5 months | 6 through 11 months |
| --- | --- |
| 4-6 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula | 2-4 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula;
and |
| | 0-
ounce equivalent bread;
or |
| | 0-
ounce equivalent crackers;
or |
| | 0-
ounce equivalent infant cereal;
or |
| | 0-
ounce equivalent ready-to-eat breakfast cereal;
and |
| | 0-2 tablespoons vegetable or fruit, or a combination of both. |
**PART 226—CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM**
**7 CFR Part 226**
3. The authority citation for part 226 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
Secs. 9, 11, 14, 16, and 17, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1758, 1759a, 1762a, 1765 and 1766).
**7 CFR Part 226**
4. Amend § 226.20 by revising table 1 to paragraph (b)(5) and table 4 to paragraph (c)(3) to read as follows:
§ 226.20
(b) * * *
(5) * * *
| Infants | Birth through 5 months | 6 through 11 months |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Breakfast, Lunch, or Supper | 4-6 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula | 6-8 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula;
and |
| | | 0-
ounce equivalent infant cereal;
or |
| | | 0-4 tablespoons meat, fish, poultry, whole egg, cooked dry beans, or cooked dry peas; or |
| | | 0-2 ounces of cheese; or |
| | | 0-4 ounces (volume) of cottage cheese; or |
| | | 0-4 ounces or
cup of yogurt;
or a combination of the above;
and |
| | | 0-2 tablespoons vegetable or fruit, or a combination of both. |
| Snack | 4-6 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula | 2-4 fluid ounces breastmilk
or formula;
and |
| | | 0-
ounce equivalent bread;
or |
| | | 0-
ounce equivalent crackers;
or |
| | | 0-
ounce equivalent infant cereal;
or |
| | | 0-
ounce equivalent ready-to-eat breakfast cereal;
and |
| | | 0-2 tablespoons vegetable or fruit, or a combination of both. |
(c) * * *
(3) * * *
| Food components and food items | Minimum quantities | Ages 1-2 | Ages 3-5 | Ages 6-12 | Ages 13-18 | Adult participants |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fluid Milk | 4 fluid ounces | 4 fluid ounces | 8 fluid ounces | 8 fluid ounces | 8 fluid ounces. | |
| Meat/meat alternates (edible portion as served): | | | | | | |
| Lean meat, poultry, or fish | ounce | ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce. | |
| Tofu, soy products, or alternate protein products | ounce | ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce. | |
| Cheese | ounce | ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce. | |
| Large egg | | | | | . | |
| Cooked dry beans or peas | cup | cup | cup | cup | cup. | |
| Peanut butter or soy nut butter or other nut or seed butters | 1 Tbsp | 1 Tbsp | 2 Tbsp | 2 Tbsp | 2 Tbsp. | |
| Yogurt, plain or flavored unsweetened or sweetened | 2 ounces or
cup | 2 ounces or
cup | 4 ounces or
cup | 4 ounces or
cup | 4 ounces or
cup. | |
| Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seeds | ounce | ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce | 1 ounce. | |
| Vegetables | cup | cup | cup | cup | cup. | |
| Fruits | cup | cup | cup | cup | cup. | |
| Grains (oz. eq.) | ounce equivalent | ounce equivalent | 1 ounce equivalent | 1 ounce equivalent | 1 ounce equivalent. | |
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.