Title: 10 Reasons to Avoid School Lunches like the Plague - MAMAVATION
Headings: 10 Reasons to Avoid School Lunches like the Plague
10 Reasons to Avoid School Lunches like the Plague
Table of Contents
1. Mystery Meat
2. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
3. Conventional Food Has Pesticide Residue
4. Feeling Unfulfilled
5. Wasted Food and Wasted Dollars
6. Packaging Waste and Phthalates
7. Food Allergies
8. Nutrition
9. Hyperactivity
10. Brain Drain
Send Your Kids To School Packing (A Lunch)
Creative Cuisine
Helping Hands
Lunch Notes
Alternatives for a Packed Lunch
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Content: 1. Mystery Meat
You would expect the food that your growing child is served at school to surpass fast food standards, right? Well it turns out the meat supplied to some schools would be turned down at fast food chains. The National Education Association points out “fast-food chains test their meat five to ten times more often than the USDA for bacteria and would reject meat that the USDA deems safe for consumption”. Speaking of rejected meat, a ground beef supplier had a salmonella outbreak and retailers recalled the meat. However, the schools were still shipped the ground beef produced at the facility during the time of the outbreak. The ingredient lists and nutritional information for food served in school lunches can also be a mystery. The Better Government Association had to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the nutrition for the Chicago Public School’s chicken patty and other menu items. The chicken sandwich turned out to have dozens of ingredients including MSG, azodicarbonamide, and silicon dioxide (sand), among other things. MSG has been shown to cause allergic reactions, upset stomach, muscle tightness and fatigue.