To: President Donald Trump, The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, Governor J.B. Pritzker, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
End the use of Pink Slime in Public School Lunches!
Tell Congress that you want to stop the George W. Bush Administration's policy of buying toxic waste beef scraps and giving it to public school children. Help stop this horrible practice now with your signature.
An excerpt from an article by David Knowles from the Daily.com. reads...
"Despite voicing his concerns to other officials at the food inspection service, however, the USDA ruled that Lean Beef Trimmings were safe. “The word in the office was that undersecretary JoAnn Smith pushed it through, and that was that,” Custer said.
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989, JoAnn Smith had deep ties with the beef industry, serving as president of both the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and the of the National Cattlemen’s Association.
“Scientists in D.C. were pressured to approve this stuff with minimal safety approval,” Zirnstein said.
A baseline study conducted by Zirstein and Custer classified the trimmings as a “high risk product.” Zirnstein says the food inspection service ignored their findings, and commissioned a separate study"
If you don't want the horrible practice of giving toxic garbage to public school children, started by the Bush Administration, to continue, please sign the petition, and help stop this from continuing!
An excerpt from an article by David Knowles from the Daily.com. reads...
"Despite voicing his concerns to other officials at the food inspection service, however, the USDA ruled that Lean Beef Trimmings were safe. “The word in the office was that undersecretary JoAnn Smith pushed it through, and that was that,” Custer said.
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989, JoAnn Smith had deep ties with the beef industry, serving as president of both the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and the of the National Cattlemen’s Association.
“Scientists in D.C. were pressured to approve this stuff with minimal safety approval,” Zirnstein said.
A baseline study conducted by Zirstein and Custer classified the trimmings as a “high risk product.” Zirnstein says the food inspection service ignored their findings, and commissioned a separate study"
If you don't want the horrible practice of giving toxic garbage to public school children, started by the Bush Administration, to continue, please sign the petition, and help stop this from continuing!
Why is this important?
Since the Bush administration entered into this contract, I've been wondering what they will do with it. I can't believe the Obama administration would want this stuff to go into public school lunches! I understand they may be under contract but it was just another way that the Bush administration rewarded his cronies. Now it's time to end this toxic policy.
Kristine Falck-Pedersen