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    Joint Press Release from Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes, Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo, and Kalamazoo Public Schools

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    Food Bank, KPS Press Release

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    Joint Press Release from Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes, Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo, and Kalamazoo Public Schools

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    March18,2016

    JointPressReleasefromFoodBankofSouthCentralMichigan,KalamazooLoaves&
    Fishes,CommunitiesInSchoolsofKalamazoo,andKalamazooPublicSchools

    Thesafetyandsecurityofourstudentsareofutmostimportance.

    TheFoodBankofSouthCentralMichiganhasinformedKalamazooPublicSchoolsand
    KalamazooLoaves&Fishesthatcertainboxesofashreddedwheatcereal,whichweresent
    homewithchildrenlastweek,containedbuglarvae.

    Weekendfoodbackpacksweredistributedtoabout600childrenin12elementaryschoolson
    Thursday,March10,aspartofaLoaves&Fishesprogram,whichiscoordinatedby
    CommunitiesInSchoolsofKalamazoo.TheFoodBankprovidesthefoodforthebackpacksto
    KalamazooLoaves&Fishes.

    Someofthe600backpackscontainedboxesoftheaffectedcereal,whichhaslot#KBB0211.
    Thelotnumbercanbefoundonthetopleftcorneroftheboxes.Familieswhofindboxesof
    cerealwiththatlotnumbershoulddiscardtheproductinanoutdoorwastereceptacle.Tobe
    safe,allcontentsfromlastweeksfoodbackpackshouldbedestroyed.

    Thebackpacksweredistributedtostudentsinthefollowingschools:
    ArcadiaElementaryEdisonEnvironmentalScienceAcademy
    KingWestwoodElementary
    LincolnInternationalStudiesSchool
    MilwoodElementary
    NortheasternElementary
    NorthgladeMontessoriMagnetSchool
    ParkwoodUpjohnElementarySchool
    PrairieRidgeElementary
    SpringValleyCenterforExploration
    WoodsLakeElementary:AMagnetCenterfortheArts
    WoodwardSchoolforTechnologyandResearch

    TheFoodBankdiscoveredthecontaminationinaroutinefoodsafetyinspection.Anyremaining
    productwasimmediatelydestroyedonsiteatboththeFoodBankofSouthCentralMichigan
    andKalamazooLoaves&Fishes.Thisappearstobeaveryisolatedincidentaffectingonlya
    smallamountoffood.KalamazooPublicSchoolshasnotreceivedcomplaintsrelatedtothis
    fooddistribution.

    ThosewithquestionsandconcernscancontactKeithWilliamson,executivedirectoroftheFood
    BankofSouthCentralMichigan,at(269)9643663.

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