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This time regulators have a problem with prisons’ foodservices

 Jan. 05, 2015

Dirty kitchen conditions and violations repeated for several months are among some of the more consistent findings in food safety inspections for Kansas prisons.

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Texas considers EpiPen mandate for schools

 Dec. 31, 2014

The death of a Corpus Christi middle school football player has prompted the introduction of a state bill requiring that EpiPens be stocked in all public and charter schools.

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Mass. school district considers cap on lunch debts

Dec. 30, 2014

Limits to students borrowing lunch funds were discussed by the Acushnet School Committee along with other policy issues and updates on Dec. 16.

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Los Angeles votes against GMOs? Not so fast

Dec. 29, 2014

Three days before Los Angeles lawmakers voted on a proposal to ban genetically modified crops, the world's largest biotechnology trade group hired three top City Hall lobbyists to stop it.

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California set to implement food-allergy law

Dec. 29, 2014

A growing national consciousness on the dangers of food allergies is reflected in a new state law that goes into effect Jan. 1, recommending schools keep vital medication on hand to prevent student deaths.

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Conn. school district opts out of National School Lunch Program

Dec. 18, 2014

To avoid new federal dietary regulations that would have affected much of the cafeteria offerings at Greenwich High, the Board of Education unanimously decided last June to withdraw the school from the National School Lunch Program.

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Washington school district sets new nutrition standards

Dec. 18, 2014

You won't find any mystery meat, fruit in syrup or giant cookies in Ellensburg school lunches, thanks to new nutrition guidelines carried out by Ellensburg School District Food Services Director Patrick Garmong, who took over the position in August.

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Univ. of Hawaii heading towards plastic-free campus

Dec. 18, 2014

Less than a month after a student group organized its first plastic-free week, its petition to ban single-use plastic water bottles has more than 800 signatures.

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School FSDs come up winners in wrangling over spending bill

Dec. 15, 2014

Buried in the giant spending bill were provisions that prohibit the federal government from requiring less salt in school lunches and allow schools to obtain exemptions from whole-grain requirements for pasta and tortillas.

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New school nutrition rules included in federal spending bill

Dec. 10, 2014

A $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill agreed to by top federal lawmakers Tuesday night includes a provision to grant school districts some wriggle room as they try to implement USDA nutrition standards set forth by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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