Print
Word
PDF|
This section contains 950 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
In 1981 the news media had a field day when the Department of Agriculture proposed new rules for the nutritional content of federally subsidized school lunches—rules that reflected the Reagan administration's efforts to cut government support for social services'. The new rules cut back from 1 1/2 ounces of meat or meat substitute per day per child to one ounce, and elementary-school kids found their milk ration dropping from eight ounces to six. Government regulations for the school lunch program also required that children be given two vegetables or fruits a day. Under the new regulations ketchup and pickle relish were redefined as vegetables. Sen. Henry J. Heinz (RPenn.), of the family-owned condiment company H. J. Heinz Go., stated, "Ketchup is a condiment. This is one of the most ridiculous regulations I ,,ever heart of. I suppose I need not...
|
This section contains 950 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
