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Federal Register · May 12, 2025
The title they went with Child and Adult Care Food Program: Rescission of Obsolete Data Collection Requirements Noisy translates that to

The US government will stop asking food programs to report how much food they waste

What happened
The US Department of Agriculture has removed a rule that required food programs to report how much food they wasted. This means programs that feed children and adults will no longer have to track or report their food waste.
Why it matters
The US government has been trying to reduce food waste for years. This rule change removes one of the few ways the government collected data on food waste from programs that feed millions of people. It makes it harder to know if food waste is going up or down in these programs.
The signal
Watch for any new initiatives or data collection methods the USDA might introduce to track food waste, or if they simply stop tracking it for these programs.
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