The food processors said they opposed the creation of nutrition standards in schools that would label more products as good or bad foods.

North Carolina and West Virginia have established nutrition standards for foods that leave less room for empty calories.

The rules say that "compliance with the updated nutrition standards is of paramount importance."

The good news: As of fall 2006, schools using the federal government's lunch program are required to create a policy to meet nutrition standards.

In addition, the bill sets new nutrition standards for schools, and allocates $4.5 billion dollars for their implementation.

- Establishes national nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools throughout the day.

Our greatest opportunity is to improve overall nutrition standards for school meals and extend these science-based standards to all food sold in schools.

And they are supposed to insure that the meals meet Federal nutrition standards.

For some reason, their food doesn't meet normal nutrition standards and especially not for you.

These funds are tied to performance in meeting the updated nutrition standards for school meals.