Beef patties taken off local school menus
Feb. 25
Beef patties will stay off the lunch menus in Broome and Tioga county schools for the near future, officials said Monday. "It's going to be awhile before I serve it (beef patties)," said Fran Pierson, director of the food services program for the Chenango Forks School District, which had to throw out seven cases of patties. Some people may question the decision to throw away the beef because the health risk was low, said Ray Denniston, director of the food service program in the Johnson City School District. Nor will the district accept products from Pierre until the food company switches to a different producer as promised, the supervisor of food services said. Beef patties will be off the menus in Union-Endicott schools until the district is comfortable Westland's product is out of the system, said Gordon McCluskie, food services director.
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