On Thursday morning, January 31, the United State Department of
Agriculture (USDA) notified school districts in Western Region to
"hold" beef products from one of their suppliers for school lunch
programs.
Since
beef products were not being served in elementary schools on Thursday, we
contacted secondary schools, and immediately removed all beef items. As a
precaution, we will not be serve beef products in school lunches until we
receive a full release and direction from the USDA.
Our February menus were printed prior to the USDA "hold" and beef products are listed. We are substituting other foods (such as chicken, etc) on those days.