Full Text of HR0931 93rd General Assembly
HR0931 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Some 28 million school lunches are served up each | 3 |
| weekday across the country; and
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, There are growing questions about food safety in | 8 |
| our nation's school cafeterias; and
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune has previously reported on | 19 |
| problems in several Chicago schools; and
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| 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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| food to the school lunch program; and | 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 |
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| 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
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| 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.
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