Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued a press release in February urging schools across the United States to stop serving beef. It is sending letters to the 50 biggest school districts in the United States urging them to drop beef and go vegetarian.
In the press release, PCRM’s Jennifer Keller said,
The alarming reality is that because of lax regulations, poor enforcement, and very limited testing, the extent to which mad cow disease has entered the human food supply is unknown.
Veggie burgers, soy hot dogs, and other meatless menu choices are low in fat, high in fiber, aid children in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, and are free of prions, the infectious agent in mad cow disease and vCJD.
A healthy vegetarian menu is a win-win situation for kids and adults.
According to the press release, “PCRM recommends that school lunch programs replace beef with soy, textured vegetable protein, and beans in menu items to assure that children in our schools have safe, healthy and tasty menu choices.”
Apparently since there wasn’t much hysteria over the discovery of a cow with mad cow disease in the United States, PCRM is going to do all it can to try to manufacture a little bit on its own.
Source:
PCRM calls on schools to drop beef from lunches due to mad cow threat. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Press Release, February 10, 2004.