Editing Pasta (section)

====USDA school nutrition====
Beyond the FDA's standards and state statutes, the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA), which regulates federal school nutrition programs,<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Code of Federal Regulation, Title 7, Part 210 – National School Lunch Program|url=http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=02dde6ef8db07a90198929f18099722e&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:4.1.1.1.1&idno=7|publisher=GPO|access-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707140706/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=b27d439f6b2cf4ddd3e0c8aa8d035191&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:4.1.1.1.1&idno=7|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Code of Federal Regulation, Title 7, Part 220 – National School Breakfast Program|url=http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=e8e10bdc7e00e70d229a7e4a815ecdd1&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:4.1.1.1.3&idno=7|publisher=GPO|access-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707140726/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=b27d439f6b2cf4ddd3e0c8aa8d035191&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:4.1.1.1.3&idno=7|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> broadly requires grain and bread products served under these programs either be [[Food fortification|enriched]] or [[whole grain]] (see 7 CFR 210.10 (k) (5)). This includes macaroni and noodle products that are served as part the category grains/breads requirements within those programs. The USDA also allows that enriched macaroni products [[Food fortification|fortified]] with protein may be used and counted to meet either a grains/breads or meat/alternative meat requirement, but not as both components within the same meal.<ref>{{cite web|title=USDA Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs – Grains and Bread |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/FBG_Section_3-GrainsBreads.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513233642/http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/FBG_Section_3-GrainsBreads.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>