The USA Today reported in a recent article entitled “Schools in the dark about tainted lunches” by Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler that a lack of communication in the system has kept parents and school officials from ensuring children receive a safe lunch.

If you have ever wondered about where your child’s lunch comes from and the quality of those lunches, then you need to read the results of this investigation.  In most cases, the report concluded that parents and schools have no idea where school meals come from.  Unsafe food has resulted in numerous cases of food-borne illnesses in recent years.

Much of the blame is directed towards the FDA and the US Department of Agriculture and the lack of communication between these two agencies. 

In a follow-up article today titled “Agriculture chief promises better food alerts to schools”, Eisler & Morrison report that a better system of alerting schools nationwide when tainted foods are suspected is now in the works. 

Interesting & disturbing.  What do you think?

The Staff of TeachersDesktop.com

 
Other education news of interest:

School libraries key in teaching information skills – eSchoolNews.com
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=61885

Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality – eSchoolNews.com
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=61889

Fewer schools shutting down because of swine flu – USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-11-19-swine-flu-schools-closures_N.htm