The Days Of "Ketchup As A Vegetable" Are Back

Tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable?...Seriously?

This is what happens when conservative republicans try to control the agenda. Seriously?  We have an obesity epidemic and they are fighting for more french fries and pizza for school lunches!

Via The AP


"Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?


In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza and french fries to stay on school lunch lines and is fighting the Obama administration's efforts to take unhealthy foods out of schools.


The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year. These include limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line, putting new restrictions on sodium and boosting the use of whole grains. The legislation would block or delay all of those efforts.


The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to only count a half-cup of tomato paste or more as a vegetable, and a serving of pizza has less than that."

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