06/11/2026
Ladies beginning 6-8-2026 USDA has expanded fluid milk options allowing schools and child and adult care providers participating in Child Nutrition Programs to offer unflavored whole and reduced-fat milk to participants two years and older. Continue to serve participants aged one year to two years unflavored whole milk. Participants six years and older may be served unflavored or flavored milk. By removing previous fluid milkfat-content restrictions, this deregulatory rule restores flexibility to program operators, allowing them to offer a greater variety of fluid milk options, including whole and reduced-fat milk, to meet the nutrition needs and preferences of the children and adults they serve.