Section 38085.

A minimum of 50 percent of the items, other than foods reimbursed under Chapters 13 (commencing with Section 1751) and 13A (commencing with Section 1771) of Title 42 of the United States Code, offered for sale each schoolday at any schoolsite by any entity or organization during regular school hours shall be selected from the following list:

(a) Milk and dairy products, including cheese, yogurt, frozen yogurt, and ice cream.

(b) Full-strength fruit and vegetable juices and fruit drinks containing 50 percent or more full-strength fruit juice, and fruit nectars containing 35 percent or more full-strength fruit juice.

(c) Fresh, frozen, canned, and dried fruits and vegetables.

(d) Nuts, seeds, and nut butters.

(e) Nonconfection grain products, as defined by regulation of the United States Food and Drug Administration, including crackers, bread sticks, tortillas, pizza, pretzels, bagels, muffins, and popcorn.

(f) Meat, poultry, and fish, and their products, including beef jerky, tacos, meat turnovers, pizza, chili and sandwiches.

(g) Legumes and legume products, including bean burritos, chili beans, bean dip, roasted soy beans, and soups.

(h) Any foods which would qualify as one of the required food components of the Type A lunch which is defined in and reimbursable under the National School Lunch Act (Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 1751) of Title 42 of the United States Code).

For the purposes of this section, "item" shall be defined as each separate kind of food offered for sale as a separate unit.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)