Did your public schools serve Mystery Meats in the school lunches?

Some school children in Nebraska got sick recently in Nebraska after eating the chili they were served in their school lunches. It was discovered that the chili had been prepared with kangaroo meat, which the school said was purchased from their vendor company "Sysco"....now I'm wondering how much cheaper kangaroo meat is than beef and why they didn't want to come out and tell students that was what was in it before they served it. And what all other meats have been substituted in meals.

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SW-User

Why would kangaroo meat make them sick though? :/

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@SW-User Who knows, maybe what they ate or drugs like medications etc.in the meat. I didn't know there were kangaroo farms in this country

SW-User

@cherokeepatti me either.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@cherokeepatti There aren't...chances are the meat is imported. and another thing, Sysco cannot be blamed at all. They are a distributor/vendor, they don't manufacture the products. I still think the whole story is questionable. I'm not saying you made it up or are lying, there are just things that are vague about it...I question the sources.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@indyjoe The price of certain meats like ground turkey and ground beef is not cheap like it used to be back when I was in school...they are looking at alternatives. The thing is they should be transparent enough to tell people what they are doing to the food.

SW-User

@cherokeepatti true. Deer are plentiful. I wonder why that can't be an option.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@SW-User Plus if they had to import the meat that would add to the cost.