File under: Your tax dollars at work. The Republicans continue to fight the good fight, keeping us all safe from unnecessary government regulations including those that might prevent disease and you know, help people.
Yesterday, the House introduced a spending bill that basically obviates the Obama administration's push for healthier school lunches. In the bill:
* Pizza remains a "vegetable." Under current rules, a serving of pizza that contains at least two tablespoons of tomato sauce meets the vegetable requirements needed to continue to receive government subsidies. The administration wanted to change that rule so that only a half-cup of tomato paste or more could be a vegetable.
* No need to increase the whole grains served in cafeterias. They need to be "defined" first.
* No to setting a limit on the use of starchy vegetables, so enjoy those fries kids!
The standards in the original proposal were based on recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine about the rate of childhood obesity and rising health care costs. The changes were, shockingly, requested by the frozen pizza makers, potato growers and salt industry lobbyists (they exist! things I didn't know before). I wonder who will win this one. Eye roll.
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