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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Some 28 million school lunches are served up each
3 weekday across the country; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Since 1990, more than 5,000 students and workers
5 have gotten sick from eating what has been served in their
6 lunchrooms; and
 
7     WHEREAS, There are growing questions about food safety in
8 our nation's school cafeterias; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Health violations have included rats, mice, and
10 roaches in cafeterias, meat not cooked at the right
11 temperatures, foods not kept at the right temperatures on the
12 food service lines, the presence of toxic materials, like those
13 used for cleaning that are not labeled and property stored,
14 cafeteria workers not washing their hands, cafeteria workers
15 with illnesses working on the serving lines, unclean food
16 preparation area, utensils and equipments, and food
17 unprotected from cross-contamination; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune has previously reported on
19 problems in several Chicago schools; and
 
20     WHEREAS, NBC News has recently reported similar health
21 problems in other school districts located in St. Louis, New
22 York City, Washington D.C., Nashville, and San Diego; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Last year in response to this school health
24 crisis, United States Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois
25 introduced the Safe School Food Act into the United States
26 Senate; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The Safe School Food Act calls for better training
28 of cafeteria workers and higher standards for those who supply

 

 

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2     WHEREAS, Taxpayer dollars are used to pay for school lunch
3 programs and should not be used for programs that are
4 substandard and lead to the illness of students; therefore, be
5 it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 call upon the United States Congress to immediately pass the
9 Safe School Food Act; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent
11 to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the
12 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and to each member of the
13 Illinois congressional delegation.