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In article <MHigby.4814.000D4826@Primenet.com>, MHigby@Primenet.com
(Michael Higby) wrote:

>In regards to the strawberries served at various schools (including those in 
>LA) that are contaminated with Hepatitis.
>
>THOSE RESPONSIBLE SHOULD PAY FOR PUTTING OUR CHILDREN AT RISK.
>
>It has been reported that the strawberries were grown in Mexico and processed 
>in San Diego.  It is illegal to use food products from outside the US in 
>school lunches.

I was under the impression that such laws had been superseded by virtue of
NAFTA.  Is that not the case?

>The officials of the company that manufactured and/or sold those materials to 
>the government should be investigated and prosecuted.  

No question.

>Federal and school 
>district officials who are responsible should be removed from office, and 
>prosecuted where appropriate.  I wouldn't mind if the entire LA Board of 
>Education were recalled, as this yet another item on the list that shows that 
>this Board of Education is completely lacking in leadership and not interested 
>in the welfare of children.  They are ruining the concept of the free, public 
>school.

Are you sure they knew what was happening?  They could have been told that
the strawberries were in fact a USA product.  This is not, IMO, something
that normally requires investigation to confirm.

>There should be zero tolerance for this kind of event.  In the most wealthy, 
>most scientifically advanced country in the world, children should not get 
>diseases from contaminated school lunches.  This is the result of greed, 
>incompetence, or both.

Agreed; but I fail to see where the officials of the school district are
automatically culpable.
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