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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches - USATODAY.com


Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches - USATODAY.com:

"In the past three years, the government has provided the nation's schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn't meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants, from Jack in the Box and other burger places to chicken chains such as KFC, a USA TODAY investigation found.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the meat it buys for the National School Lunch Program 'meets or exceeds standards in commercial products.'"