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USDA's Food and Nutrition Service turns 40Deputy U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan recently recognized the 40th anniversary of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, the Federal agency that administers the nation's domestic nutrition assistance programs. "This anniversary is both a milestone and opportunity to reflect on the essential measures put in place to shape the nutritional well-being of children, the elderly and their families," Merrigan said. "To advance the nation's health, I look forward to working with FNS to support President Obama's commitment to end childhood hunger by 2015 and improving the nutrition and health of all Americans." FNS administers the 15 domestic nutrition assistance programs which together comprise the nation's food safety net. They include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program, National School Lunch Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and the Emergency Food Assistance Program, among others.
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