USDA plans to purchase meat and fish products for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other federal food nutrition assistance programs.
The USDA releases bids for more than 1.4 million cases of canned Alaska pink salmon, 300,000 cases of canned Alaska sockeye salmon and 15 million pounds of Alaska pollock fish sticks and fillets.
USDA is announcing partnerships for a new, interagency pilot project aimed at offering more localized ground bison meat for tribal communities through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.