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Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771-1793).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Legislation
Date
1966 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
United States Code - Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare.
Long title
An Act to strengthen and expand food service programs for children.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Nutrition Breastfeeding/infant food Gender
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act provides with respect to child nutrition programmes. It declares to be the policy of Congress that these efforts shall be extended, expanded, and strengthened under the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture as a measure to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children, and to encourage the domestic consumption of agricultural and other foods, by assisting States, through grants-in-aid and other means, to meet more effectively the nutritional needs of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and young children.

Full text
English
Website
legcounsel.house.gov

References - Legislation

Amended by

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

Legislation | United States of America | 2010

Keyword: Breastfeeding/infant food, Equity, Food security, Nutrition, Poverty, Public health, School feeding, Subsidy/incentive

Source: FAO, FAOLEX