Congress: Pizza Is a Vegetable? Yup.
Nov 15th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Diet & Nutrition, FeaturedProving that the makers of nearly-cardboard pizza have a fair amount of disposable lobbying change kicking around, Congress is bucking plans by the Agriculture Department to make school lunches healthier. Among the winners? Republicans, pizza, and french fries.
The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, which included limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line and delaying limits on sodium and delaying a requirement to boost whole grains.
The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to prevent that.
Food companies that produce frozen pizzas for schools, the salt industry and potato growers requested the changes, and some conservatives in Congress say the federal government shouldn’t be telling children what to eat.
Source/Read More: WOWT.com
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