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Top state official calls for fryer ban to be removed in schools

 Apr. 22, 2015

Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner wants to end a decade-old ban on deep fried food in Texas public schools.

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Congressman: One-size-fits-all lunch rules are recipe for disaster

 Apr. 21, 2015

An Indiana Congressman is seeing a lot of food being thrown away in school cafeterias due to ‘the stupidity of [federal] regulations.’

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Cafeteria worker arrested for striking child

Apr. 21, 2015

A cafeteria worker has been arrested and charged after video footage from the school cafeteria showed her striking a child multiple times.

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Custodian knows what’s popular for lunch

Apr. 21, 2015

Evidence of how well healthy meals are going over is found in the bags of garbage that custodians haul to the dumpster.

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Students find 26% of trash to be recyclable

Apr. 21, 2015

A teacher is faulting one school’s recycling system after his students discovered 26-percent of trashed items were actually recyclable.

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USDA to offer Greek yogurt in schools nationwide

Apr. 21, 2015

Starting this fall the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer Greek yogurt as a meat alternative in school lunches.

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School districts, parents at odds over breakfast in classroom

Apr. 20, 2015

Some parents and teachers say the free meal takes up class time and wastes food by serving students who don’t want or need it.

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Food allergies and bullying

Apr. 20, 2015

Children with food allergies are faced with bullying in schools. However, many students don’t report it to anyone.

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Study finds drug abuse highest in hospitality

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 17, 2015

The government report found that one in five foodservice and hotel employees had used illicit substances in the prior month.

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Judge sentences cafeteria worker who stole $90,000

Apr. 17, 2015

A former cafeteria worker at Keystone Oaks School District in Pittsburgh, Penn., could serve up to one year in jail after pleading guilty to stealing more than $90,000 from students’ meal accounts.

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