The New York City Council - File #: Res 0238-2018

• File #: Res 0238-2018
• Version: *
• Name: DOE to ban processed meats from being served in NYC public schools.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Committee
• File created: 3/22/2018
• In control: Committee on Education
• On agenda: 3/22/2018
• Title: Resolution calling upon the New York City Department of Education to ban processed meats from being served in New York City public schools.
• Sponsors: Fernando Cabrera , Helen K. Rosenthal, Justin L. Brannan, Paul A. Vallone, Carlina Rivera , Andy L. King, Carlos Menchaca, Alan N. Maisel, Mark Levine, Margaret S. Chin, Stephen T. Levin, Bill Perkins, Chaim M. Deutsch, Laurie A. Cumbo, Antonio Reynoso, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Ritchie J. Torres, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Karen Koslowitz, Brad S. Lander, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 238

Title
Resolution calling upon the New York City Department of Education to ban processed meats from being served in New York City public schools.
Body

By Council Members Cabrera, Rosenthal, Brannan, Vallone, Rivera, King, Menchaca, Maisel, Levine, Chin, Levin, Perkins, Deutsch, Cumbo, Reynoso, Cornegy, Torres, Ampry-Samuel, Koslowitz and Lander (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

Whereas, The Office of School Food (SchoolFood) of the New York City Department of Education (DOE), is responsible for serving school meals within the New York City public school system, serving around 850,000 meals to students daily; and
Whereas, According to SchoolFood's menus, New York City public schools administer numerous food menus containing processed meats, including hot dogs, ham, bacon and sausage; and
Whereas, According to Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, processed meat, like hot dogs, ham, bacon and sausage, is meat that has been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavor or improve preservation; and
Whereas, According to Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, meat processing methods like curing, smoking or cooking can lead to the formation of potentially cancer-causing (carcinogenic) chemicals such as N-nitroso compounds (NOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs), heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), all of which can adversely affect one's health; and
Whereas, In 2015, the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that consumption of processed meat is "carcinogenic to humans," which can lead to increased risk of colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke and type II diabetes, among other diseases; and
Whereas, In the IARC's 2015 report, experts concluded that each 50 gram portion of process...