Appropriations Act of 2012, Section 743: The So-Called ‘Pizza Is a Vegetable’ Rider (2011)

Government Record · Congress of the United States · November 18, 2011

Congress, November 2011: barred USDA from spending money on any school lunch rule that counts tomato paste by its actual volume. This blocked USDA's plan and left the old credit, where two tablespoons of paste on a pizza count as a vegetable serving, in place.

requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on volume;

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Congress, November 2011: barred USDA from spending money on any school lunch rule that counts tomato paste by its actual volume. This blocked USDA's plan and left the old credit, where two tablespoons of paste on a pizza count as a vegetable serving, in place.

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