Last fall bone fragments forced the removal of chicken tenders from New York City school lunch tables. Now that a student has found a metal fragment, the bird’s off the…
As a candidate for mayor, Bill de Blasio said: ‘I think we have to end any stigma around school lunches and universalize it.’ Now more than ever, the author writes,…
For the second time in as many months, the New York City Department of Education this week suspended plans to serve school-lunch items after media inquiries concerning food safety.
The city’s massive school-lunch program stopped serving frozen pizza in May because of a mold scare. After DOE allowed deliveries to proceed in August, a new complaint surfaced.
School’s out for the summer, but the SchoolFood program is still distributing free, federally subsidized meals that fill stomachs and help facilitate programs that combat the summer slide.
