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Trump Signs Law to Allow Whole Milk in School Lunches
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act allows whole and 2% milk in school lunches, serving nearly 29.4 million children daily in USDA's National School Lunch Program.
- On Jan. 14, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, allowing schools in the National School Lunch Program to offer whole milk again.
- Following updated federal guidance, the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines encourage more full‑fat dairy, revising prior limits that restricted higher‑fat milks in schools to curb childhood obesity.
- USDA rules will now allow fluid milk options including whole, 2%, 1%, and fat-free milk, excluding milk fat from saturated fat calculations and requiring at least two daily milk options plus nondairy equivalents.
- Implementation may lag even as the law takes effect, because Rollins said USDA rulemaking will post Wednesday, affecting nearly 29.4 million children and more than 4.8 billion lunches.
- Industry and some officials praised the change, saying the law is a win for farmers and families, while public-health groups warned about saturated fat and commentators noted racial and historical concerns.
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What The Trump Admin’s ‘Milk Bill’ Means For Black Children
Source: Caroline Munsterman / Getty When the Trump administration signed the so-called “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act,” the mainstream media conversation remained narrowly focused on debates over fat content, calories, dairy farmers, and school lunch menus. But for Black people, milk has never been just . . . milk. It has always been bound up with power, race, whose bodies are valued, and whose children are expected to thrive. To understand wh…
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