Resolution calls for ban of processed meats in school cafeterias
The bacon would have to go.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has joined Bronx Councilmember Fernando Cabrera in introducing a New York City Council resolution that calls on the Department of Education (DOE) to ban processed meats from city school lunch offerings.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer agency arm of the World Health Organization, classified processed meat in 2015 as a Group 1 carcinogen, which indicates that there is scientific evidence that processed meats can cause a multitude of diseases, including cancer. Bacon, ham, hot dogs and some deli meats would not be served in school cafeterias around the city if the DOE did ban processed meats.