                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR COMPETITIVE FOODS (§ 22.1-207.4)

A. For purposes of this section, &#8220;competitive food&#8221; means any food,
excluding beverages, sold to students on school grounds during regular school
hours that is not part of the school breakfast or school lunch program.

B. The Board, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall promulgate
regulations setting nutritional guidelines for all competitive foods.

C. The Board, with assistance from the Department of Health, shall periodically
review the nutritional guidelines for competitive foods to ensure that they
remain current and science-based and shall also review the nutritional
guidelines upon changes to federal law or regulations for competitive foods.

D. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall include but not be
limited to: calorie, fat, sugar, and sodium content.

E. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall permit each public
school to conduct on school grounds during regular school hours no more than 30
school-sponsored fundraisers per school year, during which food that does not
meet the nutrition guidelines for competitive foods may be sold to students.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 718; 2015, c. 568.