Is not as common in France as it is here.
France Bans Ketchup in Schools: Smart Move or So Silly?
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2011/10/06 18:44:10
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Looks like France has done it again. First, French feminists wanted to get rid of the word "mademoiselle" and now the country is banning ketchup in school cafeterias. Ketchup! Do they even realize how delicious that tomato-flavored sauce is? Just what do they think they're going to dip their French fries in?!
OK. Sorry. We had to get that out of our system.
But seriously, in order to promote healthy eating, the French government has recently banned ketchup from school cafeterias -- that includes college -- nationwide. Though you can't put the tomato-based condiment on your cafeteria beef or veal any longer, one thing the government has made an exception for is -- surprise, surprise -- French fries. We wonder how the heck they're going to regulate that.
Jacques Hazan, who is the president of the Federation of School Pupils' and College Students' Parents Councils, calls the new rule a "victory." And others believe that the country has set a great example. "France must be an example to the world in the quality of its food, starting with its children," Bruno Le Maire, the agriculture and food minister in the country, said.
In addition to the ketchup ban, the new rules demand school officials to cut down on fatty foods and use more vegetables, fruit and dairy in their everyday meals.
Do you think France's ketchup ban is a good idea? Should America start implementing something similar?
OK. Sorry. We had to get that out of our system.
But seriously, in order to promote healthy eating, the French government has recently banned ketchup from school cafeterias -- that includes college -- nationwide. Though you can't put the tomato-based condiment on your cafeteria beef or veal any longer, one thing the government has made an exception for is -- surprise, surprise -- French fries. We wonder how the heck they're going to regulate that.
Jacques Hazan, who is the president of the Federation of School Pupils' and College Students' Parents Councils, calls the new rule a "victory." And others believe that the country has set a great example. "France must be an example to the world in the quality of its food, starting with its children," Bruno Le Maire, the agriculture and food minister in the country, said.
In addition to the ketchup ban, the new rules demand school officials to cut down on fatty foods and use more vegetables, fruit and dairy in their everyday meals.
Do you think France's ketchup ban is a good idea? Should America start implementing something similar?
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Merna 2011/10/07 02:02:47Smart move
+26My school serves Mexican, Pizza, and hamburgers. Every rare now and then there's a salad option, for a side we get to choose between disgusting looking apple sauce or french fries, and we can have all the sugary drinks we want (infinite refills) There is no way in hell this country is in place to judge France, because after all, THIS:
Is not as common in France as it is here.
The ingredients in ketchup aren't the healthiest around (sugar and salt). Besides, it is a cost item for schools and restaurants, so keeping costs in mind by eliminating unnecessary, unhealthy food additives may not be that silly at all.
Beside, didn't I read recently that our First lady had suggested removing fat items from school lunch programs and taxing fat items in our diets? So the French aren't the only ones heading down this path.
Overall, the French (Europeans and Asians in general) eat healthier than Americans and we pay more in healthcare costs down the road for our food transgressions with a larger rate of obesity and diabetes. This is especially evident in our non working poorer classes, as the world witnessed in the Katrina evacuations.
Whether it is a smart or silly move will be determined in a year or two, hence my preferred answer "I don't know" (yet).
I for one instead of eating lunch for an hour I spend on hour at the gym during lunch.
http://www.ppge.ufrgs.br/GIAC...
The last sentence on page 32 of this report wonders whether the benefits of increasing market opportunities for women and lowering smoking rates outweigh the unintended consequence of promoting obesity. Collectivists ALWAYS find more work for themselves in trying to create Utopia because their solutions always create more problems that only they can solve (so they claim). Inevitably, the Utopian collectivists will destroy free enterprise (as well as the individual's right to decide for himself what the "pursuit of happiness" is) by over-regulation of business and individuals in favor of everyone working for the government...
way better than ketchup
Yes I can see how ketchup is the leading cause of obesity.
Freedoms? Bet they'll remove any reference of what those used to be from the history classes as well.