Trending this week: USDA proposes to expand CEP

This week on Food Management the top story was CulinArt Team supports clean eating regime at Phoenix Contact. A healthy workforce is an essential component of the culture at Phoenix Contact—so much so that the U.S. division operates a wellness clinic for staff at its Middletown, Pa.-based headquarters.Given that diet plays such a key role in wellbeing, health care professionals from the functional health and wellbeing center have collaborated with onsite foodservice contractor CulinArt to develop a medically guided seven-day detox program for staffers.

In other news, the USDA has announced several actions to expand support for and access to the school meal programs, including a proposal to expand the number of schools eligible to opt into the Community Eligibility Provision CEP) by lowering the minimum identified student percentage (ISP) participation threshold from 40% to 25%. 

See what else was trending on FoodManagment.com this week.