Direct links to State and USDA websites.

State Offering Page www.cde.ca.gov/nsd/fdp/CDU/offering.htm

Nutritional fact sheets for USDA commodities http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/schfacts/

USDA's new Food Distribution Program
http://www.commodityfoods.usda.gov

Regarding questions about Irradiated Ground Beef click on the two links below:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2003/irradiation-q&as.htm
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2003/PR-0172.03.htm

Link to State (CA) Approved Processors and End Product Data Schedules http://www.cde.ca.gov/nsd/fdp/CDU/processor.html

California Schools
http://www.californiaafterschool.org/Pages/nutrition.html