Late last month, Julia Galliker learned out of the blue that there was a problem with milk carton supply.

Milk does a body good — and that's why schools nationwide are scrambling for options to ensure students don't miss a precious drop during a paper carton shortage.

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A nationwide shortage of half-pint milk cartons is hitting schools in several states, leaving them brainstorming other ways to serve the drink to their students.

Meanwhile he is delivering milk in cartons from competitors, with their logos. Chris Tague, a New York lawmaker, called the packaging shortage a “national crisis”.

The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, according to dairy industry suppliers and state officials.

Many school districts in the U.S. are unable to obtain milk in half pints for their school meal programs due to the shortage of paper milk cartons.

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The plastic caps on milk cartons have gotten 21% shorter, to save weight. Water bottles are also thinner with shorter tops.

Milk carton shortage hits school lunchrooms in New York, California and other states, USDA says In California, state education officials told schools to be flexible with how they offer milk to ...