Fast food is notorious for its high calories and fat content; however, a new study has found the meat served by restaurant chains, such as McDonald’s, is actually safer than the hamburgers served in school lunches.
It is not that fast food, largely responsible for the obesity epidemic in America, is healthier than school lunches, but fast food restaurants have stricter safety standards. Considering children are “most susceptible to food-borne illnessesâ€, it is morally reprehensible the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) does not take food safety seriously.
The NSLP was established in 1946 under the National School Lunch Act during the Truman administration. The first McDonald’s opened in 1940 in San Bernardino, CA. Read more.