Whole milk may soon be back on school lunch trays across the U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new law Wednesday that allows schools to serve whole and 2% milk again, reversing rules that limited higher-fat milk options for more than a decade.

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options. Nondairy drinks such as fortified soy milk may also be on the menu in the coming months following adoption of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act,

The bill Trump signed, the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, cleared Congress last fall. The Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will rewrite Child Nutrition Programs to align with the updated guidelines and begin implementing the policy with school nutrition officials immediately.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Senate passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, a bipartisan amendment that allows unflavored and flavored whole and reduced-fat milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

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