Industry Responds to New Federal Dietary Guidelines
How the Guidelines Affect the Industry:
Beyond hopefully impacting the way consumers’ shop, the guidelines can have dramatic impacts on programs funded by federal dollars, which must now conform to the set standards. The school lunch program (which serves 31 million children daily), the food stamp program and The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (which serves 8.3 million people) all must meet the new standards. Here is how different constituents reacted:
