2008 Woodie Awards
Schools seek better notification of meat recalls
Mar. 5, 2008
By Lesley Clark - McClatchy Newspapers
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: MCT News
But she also said Tuesday that the agency still doesn't know the total number of affected schools. About 94 percent of the beef from the California slaughterhouse _ just over 50 million pounds _ went to the national school lunch program.
Houston said the agency has tracked nearly 90 percent of the affected beef and that states "continue to report daily as they receive additional information from their local school food authorities."
The districts also pleaded for reimbursement for the purchase and disposal of the beef.
Miami-Dade food director Penny Parham said the Florida county had to buy additional food to make up for pulling beef off the menu.
She said the federal agency was "prompt and communicated effectively in its handling of the recall," but that it's also "of the utmost importance that they are also prompt in providing" reimbursement for the beef.
Houston said the agency would reimburse districts "pound for pound" for the beef purchased and reimburse them for disposing of the suspect beef.
Houston said the agency has tracked nearly 90 percent of the affected beef and that states "continue to report daily as they receive additional information from their local school food authorities."
The districts also pleaded for reimbursement for the purchase and disposal of the beef.
Miami-Dade food director Penny Parham said the Florida county had to buy additional food to make up for pulling beef off the menu.
She said the federal agency was "prompt and communicated effectively in its handling of the recall," but that it's also "of the utmost importance that they are also prompt in providing" reimbursement for the beef.
Houston said the agency would reimburse districts "pound for pound" for the beef purchased and reimburse them for disposing of the suspect beef.
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