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Pingree opposes roll back of child nutrition standards
Washington, DC,
May 29, 2014
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Food and Agriculture
Republicans push through legislation that would allow schools to skip new nutrition standards
"This would be a step backwards for students and a win for big food companies that want to sell more prepackaged, highly processed foods to school lunch programs," Pingree said. "Obesity and diabetes have become huge public health problems and the new nutrition standards are a major step toward addressing the cause of these epidemics. Students deserve a better, healthier lunch and this effort to roll back the standards would make it less likely that they get that." |