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Fairfax County Public School System Continues to Serve Additive Beef Burgers on Student Demand
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Oct 07, 2013 09:23 AM EDT
The Fairfax County Public School System has shifted back to serving additive-filled burgers in school lunch menus instead of 100 percent beef burgers after students complained that the all-beef patties didn't taste right.
In the year 2011-2012, Real Food for Kids, a Fairfax advocacy group, demanded replacing all the additive-filled hamburgers served in the school lunch with 100 percent beef patties as a part of a health initiative. But the school systems shifted back to previous additive filled burgers in response to complaints from students, without any notification.
The advocacy group, Real Food for Kids, consists of concerned parents who are working in collaborative ways to enhance the quantities of healthy food served in Fairfax County Public Schools. They want the schools to stop serving highly processed foods that contain additives and trigger several health diseases in children including obesity. The group initiated a new pilot program for the removal of sodas and replacing them with healthier beverage. The 100 percent beef patties were one of the signature achievements.
"We worked so hard, and we talk a lot about this burger and how we changed it," said JoAnne Hammermaster, co-founder and president of RFFK, td theWashington Post.
However, the Fairfax County Public School replaced the new 100 percent beef patties with their previous additive versions in September mainly due to the growing number of student complains. The students complained that the 100 percent beef burger didn't taste good It didn't have the natural beef burger taste.
"To me, it was surprising because it seems a bit like a step backwards," said school board member Ryan McElveen to Washington Post.
Penny McConnell, The Fairfax schools' food and nutritional service director, wrote a note to the Real Food for Kids stating, "Students are our customers and we listen to them and implement their requests if possible."
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First Posted: Oct 07, 2013 09:23 AM EDT
The Fairfax County Public School System has shifted back to serving additive-filled burgers in school lunch menus instead of 100 percent beef burgers after students complained that the all-beef patties didn't taste right.
In the year 2011-2012, Real Food for Kids, a Fairfax advocacy group, demanded replacing all the additive-filled hamburgers served in the school lunch with 100 percent beef patties as a part of a health initiative. But the school systems shifted back to previous additive filled burgers in response to complaints from students, without any notification.
The advocacy group, Real Food for Kids, consists of concerned parents who are working in collaborative ways to enhance the quantities of healthy food served in Fairfax County Public Schools. They want the schools to stop serving highly processed foods that contain additives and trigger several health diseases in children including obesity. The group initiated a new pilot program for the removal of sodas and replacing them with healthier beverage. The 100 percent beef patties were one of the signature achievements.
"We worked so hard, and we talk a lot about this burger and how we changed it," said JoAnne Hammermaster, co-founder and president of RFFK, td theWashington Post.
However, the Fairfax County Public School replaced the new 100 percent beef patties with their previous additive versions in September mainly due to the growing number of student complains. The students complained that the 100 percent beef burger didn't taste good It didn't have the natural beef burger taste.
"To me, it was surprising because it seems a bit like a step backwards," said school board member Ryan McElveen to Washington Post.
Penny McConnell, The Fairfax schools' food and nutritional service director, wrote a note to the Real Food for Kids stating, "Students are our customers and we listen to them and implement their requests if possible."
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