Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Federal statute
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The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 is a federal statute signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 14, 2026, following its final passage in the House of Representatives in December 2025. Considered a priority of the Make America Healthy Again movement, it was the first major legislative revision to school meal policy in the United States since the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.[1]
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| Long title | This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). |
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| Enacted by | the 119th United States Congress |
| Effective | January 14, 2010 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 119–69 (menu; GPO has not yet published law) |
| Statutes at Large | 139 Stat. 1997 |
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Provisions
The act reverses many of the restrictions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act signed by President Barack Obama, including allowing schools to serve whole or 2% milk instead of mandating skim milk.[2][3] It also permits schools to offer nondairy milk options to students and requires schools to honor parental requests for nondairy milk, eliminating previous requirements for a doctor's note.[1]
Public campaign
Following the bill's passage, social media accounts for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture were noted for publishing milk-related posts. This included a picture of Trump edited to give him a milk mustache, an AI-generated video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking a sip of milk and being transported to a nightclub, and a video of anti-transgender activist and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines stating "The milk mustache is back."[4]