Food and Nutrition Service
- Food and Nutrition Service
(NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number amongst USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest.
ervices
FNS products and services enhance the lives of one in five Americans; its main products and services include:
* commodities supplied as: prepared meals that are served at congregate feeding sites; food packages that may be used for home consumption; and disaster relief assistance;
* food assistance through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards; nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals and snacks; vouchers; and, fresh, locally grown produce;
* nutrition education and promotion materials and presentations delivered by expert staff and senior managers; and
* food safety and security efforts, technical assistance and informational materials.
Nutrition assistance programs
These products and services are provided to customers through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs:
* Food Stamp Program (FSP)
* National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
* School Breakfast Program (SBP)
* Special Milk Program (SMP)
* Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
* Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
* Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
* Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
* Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
* Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
* The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
* Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
* Pacific Island Assistance Program
* Nutrition Assistance Block Grants, including Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
* Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
In the United States, the lunches that are subsidized by the NSLP are nearly ubiquitous in public schools. The program has operated since 1946.
The FNS is in charge of the national "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign which encourages Americans (more specifically, children and teens) to follow the healthy eating guidelines set by MyPyramid. The spokescharacter of the "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign is Power Panther.
See also
* Detox diet
External links
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