USDA POLICY MEMOS:  2025

Regulation requires sponsoring organizations and institutions to keep USDA Policy Memorandums for reference and to apply immediately the appropriate instruction to agency programs.  Please call Child Nutrition Programs, if further clarification is needed.

All Policy Memos from USDA can be located here:

CACFP 01-2025  Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Questions and Answers

CACFP 02-2025  Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

CACFP 03-2025  Substituting Vegetables for Grains in American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Tribal Communities_

CACFP 04-2025  Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements

CACFP 05-2025  Grain Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers

CACFP 06-2025  Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers

CACFP 07-2025  Requirement to Accept Medical Statements from Registered Dietitians for Schools and Child and Adult Care Institutions and Facilities

CACFP 11-2025  Using Federal Funds to Purchase Local Foods