71.   The Agriculture Department was able to impose testing requirements on the meat used in its school lunch programs because of its contracts with private meat distributors, he said.

72.   The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee broke with fellow Republicans in the House Friday and rejected the notion of giving the states responsibility for the school lunch program.

73.   The contaminated strawberries were served as part of the school lunch program conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

74.   The guidelines serve as the foundation for most school lunch programs and virtually all other nutrition programs across the country.

75.   The industry is trying to get more fresh fruits and vegetables in the lunch program, a tricky proposition because of spoilage.

76.   The last outstanding issue in the bill was resolved on Wednesday when the conference committee ended a bitter dispute over the future of the school lunch program.

77.   The House bill would replace the national school lunch program with lump-sum payments to the states, known as block grants.

78.   The new bill also would bar illegal, but not legal, immigrant children from federal lunch programs in public schools.

79.   The new federal bill also would bar illegal, but not legal, immigrant children from government-funded lunch programs in public schools.

80.   The money is spent on school lunch programs, employment services, housing assistance, hospital services, programs for the poor and elderly and more.