Specifications include, but are not limited to: Home delivered meals shall be provided by Nutrition Service Providers which, five (5) or more days a week, provide at least one (1) home delivered hot, cold, frozen, dried, canned or supplemental foods (with a satisfactory storage life) meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract may elect to provide. Each meal shall furnish a minimum of one-third of the dietary reference intakes as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and comply with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture. Any nontraditional meal must be approved by the AAAD before being provided. Hot meals are preferred.
