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Becky Bruce reporting Utah schools say taxpayers should have no fear: the beef affected by a massive recall last month won't be paid for out of your pockets.
The recalled beef was distributed to the schools through the USDA commodities program. It's basically surplus meat the government makes available to schools.
Luann Shipley, director of child nutrition programs for the state, says it's the USDA's money, and the slaughterhouse involved is going to have to pay it back.
"They are responsible for not only paying for the beef that was recalled, but the transportation of that beef," Shipley said. She says they'll even have to pay the cost to destroy it.
Meanwhile, because it's supplemental, most Utah school districts had other suppliers and were never left holding the bag.
For more information on the Utah child nutrition programs and the USDA child nutrition commodity programs, click the related links.
