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Latest News for School Nutrition Programs
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Published: 21 hours ago
School Year 2025-2026
- Please be sure to attend the USDA Foods FDP Sessions. TDA FDP Regions for El Paso and San Antonio: Tuesday, September 23, 2025. US Foods and Gold Star Foods Regions: Thursday, September 25, 2025
- Mark your calendars that the PY27 DoD Fresh Program Opt-In Form will become available in October.
- USDA did not receive vendor bids for Turkey Roast item 100125. As result, no turkey roasts are arriving at any of the TDA Contracted Warehouse prior to January 15, 2026. A survey was sent out to all impacted recipient agencies to collect feedback with preference to keep or cancel the requested cases. USDA is going back out for the January solicitation to attempt procurement of this item for the remainder of PY26.
- USDA recently moved some sales orders back to later delivery periods for ground beef item 100158, beef patties item 110711, canned apple slices item 100206, and frozen strawberry cups item 100256. USDA is actively substituting some frozen strawberry cups to frozen diced peach cups per responses by impacted recipient agencies.
- Processing Recipient Agencies – Check your tracking systems, K-12 and ProcessorLink. Processors have completed loading PY26 pounds into their respective tracking systems. Please validate.
- Make sure your team logs into WBSCM to maintain active status. Please check your user accounts in WBSCM to ensure that appropriate SFA staff are active, have the correct roles assigned, and have up-to-date email addresses.
- Requests for USDA Foods can be tracked using the WBSCM Requisition Status Report. Pricing fluctuations will continue until items reach "Purchased" status.
- If you opted into the DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program, this will be displayed on your WBSCM Entitlement/Bonus Summary report. Funds are loaded into FFAVORS. Unspent values in WBSCM cannot be moved to increase DoD Fresh program funds. Per USDA guidelines, participants must complete receipts in FFAVORS for each delivery within 2 business days of the delivery date. If there is a discrepancy, contact your Dept. Of Defense Support Representative for resolution.
- TDA monitors the monthly utilization of DoD funds in FFAVORS to ensure proper use of entitlements. To maximize your DoD entitlement, SFAs should spend, at a minimum, 10% of their funds per month. SFAs who have not been utilizing funds may risk redistribution.
- Refer to the Resources page on www.squaremeals.org, Food Distribution Program for NSLP, for helpful information regarding ordering USDA Foods. Round 2 Recap for direct delivery is posted on the Food Distribution for NSLP under the Resources Link
For questions regarding USDA Foods, please contact your respective Education Service Center Child Nutrition representative(s) for guidance, training, and technical assistance in WBSCM.
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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
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1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
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