Wednesday, November 16, 2011

House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations | ThinkProgress


House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations | ThinkProgress: "The spending bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. The department’s proposed guidelines would have attempted to prevent that.
The changes had been requested by food companies that produce frozen pizzas, the salt industry and potato growers. Some conservatives in Congress have called the push for healthier foods an overreach, saying the government shouldn’t be telling children what to eat."

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