The news has been filled with talk of Congress classing pizza as a vegetable for school lunches. Surprise, the bill doesn't even mention pizza. It does roll back a requirement on the size of a serving of tomato paste from a half cup to two tablespoons. Surprise again, even two tablespoons of tomato paste can have more nutrition than a half cup of some fruits and vegetables.
I got this from Politifacts story "
Republican lawmakers classified pizza as a vegetable for school lunches, Democrats say".
I think I should make an effort to check Politifact and
FactCheck more often as part of my daily online newspaper reading. Politifact is a project of the
St. Petersburg Times; FactCheck is a project of
the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
