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butterfly 10:20 AM 10-22-2013
In my area, there isn't an almond milk available that fits the nutrition guidelines necessary to claim almond milk as a milk substitute.

I have 3 with milk allergies. I give them soy milk. My own son who qualifies for the food program when present during meals (SA), is gluten free and dairy free. I just had to have a doc sign a form. If the parents are ok with soy, just a note from the parents was acceptable - since the soy milk meets the nutrition requirements.

If the milk option doesn't meet the nutrition requirements then a dr's note is necessary and it's at the food program's discretion if they will allow it or not.

I went round and round with the food program here. I didn't think it was legal for them to tell me that the dr's note wasn't good enough. I wasn't going to go against dr's orders... the other option is not claiming those children's meals and giving them the almond milk per the parent's or dr's request.
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