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<p class="MsoNormal">All USDA Memo’s are saved on our webpage: <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/laws/policymemos">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/laws/policymemos</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FNS is pleased to release TA 01-2023: Crediting Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs. This memorandum is now available at
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/laws/policymemos">https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/laws/policymemos</a> and supersedes TA 01-2015: Child Nutrition Programs and Traditional Foods. It includes an updated and expanded list of traditional
Indigenous foods, such as beaked hazelnuts, steamed lambsquarters, and wild raspberries, that credit the same as similar foods currently included in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG). This memorandum is part of an effort to promote serving
traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) and will also be housed on the previously released
<a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/resource/serving-traditional-indigenous-foods-child-nutrition-programs">
Serving Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs</a> webpage. The FBG was updated in May 2023 with the addition of traditional Indigenous foods similar to foods already included in the FBG.<o:p></o:p></p>
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