To ensure proper nutrition of children in care, a school-age provider must comply with the child nutrition requirements described in this section.

(1) Meals, snack foods, and beverages provided to children in care must comply with the requirements contained in the most current edition of the CACFP standards, or the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program standards.

(a) A school-age provider must have dated menus.

(b) Food and beverage substitutions to a scheduled menu must be of equal nutritional value.

(c) A school-age provider must only serve water, unflavored milk, or one hundred percent fruit or vegetable juice.

(d) A school-age provider must limit the consumption of one hundred percent fruit juice to no more than four to six ounces per day for children five and six years old, and eight to twelve ounces per day for children seven through twelve years old.

(2) A school-age provider must serve a fruit or vegetable during at least one snack per day. The fruit or vegetable serving may count as one of the two required snack components or be a third snack component.