Speaking Of The Food Police…
It seems the NYC brigade is pulling out all the stops, with the Bloomberg administration “blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless.” Because the mayor is worried about their intake of salt, or something. This from the New York Post:
In conjunction with a mayoral task force and the Health Department, the Department of Homeless Services recently started enforcing new nutritional rules for food served at city shelters. Since DHS can’t assess the nutritional content of donated food, shelters have to turn away good Samaritans.
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DHS Commissioner Seth Diamond says the ban on food donations is consistent with Mayor Bloomberg’s emphasis on improving nutrition for all New Yorkers. A new interagency document controls what can be served at facilities — dictating serving sizes as well as salt, fat and calorie contents, plus fiber minimums and condiment recommendations.
The solution, of course, is to allow the homeless to continue dumpster diving, where no doubt the serving sizes, nutritional values and calorie contents are grand. Not sure about the condiment selection, though.
Listen, New York’s homeless might die from exposure, exhaustion, dehydration and even hunger out on the streets, but their cholesterol levels won’t be compromised. Not on Mayor Bloomberg’s watch.
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