Watch out. Here come the Food Police! LOL.
I have to admit, one of the reasons I don't send my children to school is the junkfood. So, the fact that they're changing the menus is a good thing, imo.
It's the tracking part that concerns me. And, why is it necessary to train and send "agents" to check the schools. (Sounds like a big bureaucracy). And then there's this little tidbit on page 8 of the link you posted:
"Q. Do the standards apply to items the students bring in from home?
"A. No. These standards only apply to items made available to students by or through the school. Items brought by home would not be bound by these standards, unless the local board of education chooses to regulate in this area."
It leaves the door open for the schools to track what parents feed their children. And, little by little, people will buy into it as a good idea. Baby steps. Those are all it takes.
It leaves the door open for now. I already checked that. Each milestone of the healthy people 2010 project has a new enforced milestone goal.
And I'm not disputing changing the menu. I'm disputing taking grant monies from foreign sources to do it.
The food is a red herring. Absolutely no on can convince me that Robert Fourdraine of the Netherlands was concerned about whether there was a cookie or an apple in my kids lunch bag.
The nutrition program is a nice nice sell to get the data.