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Food service in Puerto Rico's schools

by: Van Dress, Michael G., 1930-

Publication date: 1978

Topics: School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc, Puerto Rico

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service

Collection: usda-escs; usdanationalagriculturallibrary; fedlink; americana

Contributor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Language: English

Rights: The contributing institution believes that this item is not in copyright.

Volume: ESCS-13

Issued May 1978

Abstract: The Federal Government-sponsored food servicesystem in Puerto Rico's schools is examined for 1974-1975.Of the $35.4 million of food products used by schools foodservice programs in Puerto Rico, $4.8 million was suppliedby the USDA's Food Distribution Program. Students in bothprivate and public schools had access to meals under theUSDA School Breakfast Program and National School LunchProgram. All students who were residents of Puerto Rico wereeligible for meals at no charge. The cost of food used inthe breakfast programs averaged 20 cents, and in a Type Alunch, 44 cents. Vegetables and fruits comprised the majorportion of the diet which also included dairy, meat, andcereal and grain products. The availability of storagefacilities had a significant impact on the type of foodused, since only about one-third of the schools hadrefrigerator storage and 3% had freezers