Apparently after a successful yet brief stint as the food police, the federal government “failed” (a.k.a. forgot) to tell schools that the food they were serving students had been recalled.. 2 years ago.. once again dropping the proverbial ball and bringing them back to square one in terms of accountability.
The Government Accountability Office (ironically) concluded that millions of schoolchildren have been at risk for food poisoning from salmonella-tainted peanut products, meat from ill cattle, and canned veggies with possible botulism contamination.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32989396/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
Kids just can’t catch a break. First half of their class is home sick with swine flu. Now the other half is home sick with E.coli poisoning.
Agricultural Secretary, Tom Vilsak, is trying to cover up the mess with his very poignant and not very believable solution of “streamlin(ing) communications among departments, agencies, and State partners to yield a more effective and integrated approach to handling recalls.”
I guess this is a good time to mention that the FDA and USDA are launching a food safety website that will list the latest food safety and recall information because, according to Vilsak, “protecting the health and well-being of the American people is a fundamental responsibility of the federal government.”
“Fundamental” is starting to look more like those words politicians throw around when they talk about pretending to care about our “well-being.”
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