FNS Documents & Resources

The average material prices are listed by school year and used by processors participating in the USDA Foods processing program.

This factsheet introduces concepts of Hazard Analysis Risk Based Preventative Control and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Plans.

This fact sheet outlines a number of additional resources for those seeking to directly purchase or raise food products for school nutrition programs.

This document addresses common questions regarding the impact of the Act on school gardens and other similar small producers commonly used as sources for local food.

USDA Foods further processing allows state distributing agencies (SDA) and recipient agencies (RA) such as school districts to contract with commercial food processors to convert raw and/or bulk USDA Foods into a variety of convenient, ready-to-use end products.