Milk fat is not counted as saturated fat for the meal limit
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Milk fat is not counted as saturated fat for the meal limit
The document says “shall not”Who acts: schools participating in the school lunch programHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring compliance with the allowable average saturated fat content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).”
Section 2(a)(3) adds a new subparagraph (D) to section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. It provides that milk fat in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) is not to be counted as saturated fat when compliance with the allowable average saturated fat content of a meal is measured under 7 C.F.R. 210.10 or a successor regulation.
What the document actually says
“``(D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring compliance with the allowable average saturated fat content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).”
That sentence, in plain words
Milk fat in the milk a school serves does not count as saturated fat. That is for one federal rule about how much of that fat a meal may hold.
What this is about
School meals must stay under a fat limit. Milk fat is left out of that count. The rule named is a federal one, and it may be replaced later.
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Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, Public Law 119-69, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1997 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ69/html/PLAW-119publ69.htm
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“Milk fat is not counted as saturated fat for the meal limit,” Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/whole-milk-healthy-kids-act-2025/proposal/sec02-milk-fat-not-saturated-fat/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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