| | | 1.__Healthy food and beverage standards.__The Bureau of Health | | shall establish nutritional standards for healthy foods and | | beverages that may be sold in schools pursuant to Title 20-A | | section 6661, subsection 2, paragraph A and subsection 4.__The | | Bureau of Health shall consult with the school nurse consultant | | under section 1971 in establishing these nutritional standards. |
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| | | 2.__Rules.__The Bureau of Health shall adopt rules pursuant to | | the Maine Administrative Procedure Act establishing requirements | | for nutritional standards for healthy foods and beverages.__Rules | | adopted by the Bureau of Health pursuant to this subchapter are | | major substantive rules under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- | | A. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Considering nutrition education during review of system of learning results. | | The Department of Education shall consider the recommendations of | | the Commission to Study Public Health, established in Resolve | | 2003, chapter 95, related to implications for the system of | | learning results when the department reviews the guiding | | principles, the performance standards and the content indicators | | of the system of learning results during the 2005-2006 school | | year in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, | | section 6209, subsection 4. The Department of Education's review | | must specifically include the addition of "nutrition education" | | within the learning results system content standards. |
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| | | Sec. 7. Dairy vending machines. By January 31, 2006, the Department | | of Education, in collaboration with the Maine Dairy and Nutrition | | Council, shall implement a pilot program to install dairy vending | | machines selling flavored or unflavored milk with 1% or less fat | | in schools. |
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| | | Sec. 8. Implementation of National Farm to School Program. By January 31, | | 2006, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the | | Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, shall | | implement the National Farm to School Program, funded by the | | United States Department of Agriculture, as fully as is practical | | to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables in public schools. |
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| | | Sec. 9. Healthy foods and beverages. By January 31, 2006, the | | Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health shall | | define the term "healthy foods and beverages" by rule. In | | developing this rule, the Bureau of Health shall consider the | | following definition: |
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| | | "Healthy foods and beverages" means fruits, vegetables, whole | | grains, low-fat animal protein foods, low-fat dairy products, | | legumes, soy products, nuts and seeds. "Healthy |
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