Thank you for the opportunity to express my concerns on the regulations governing Nutritional Guidelines for Competitive Foods sold in Virginia Public Schools.  I am a cafeteria manager in Isle of Wight County Schools.  Our goal has always been to continually increase the number of healthy meals we provide to our students.

I support the School Nutritional Association of Virginia's position that federal competitive foods regulation should govern school nutritional programs.

In our division (as like many others), we have observed an increase in food cost and a decrease in participation since the enactment of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act passed in December 2010. It is my opinion that following another set of guidelines set by the state for the same foods and beverages would devastate our school lunch programs.

I thank you again and ask for your support to have Virginia standards align with federal regulations.