Are you going to finish your tater tots?

In Nebraska schools, the answer is no.  Favourite snack of Napoleon Dynamite, tater tots, have been pulled from lunchlines throughout the state.  According to the Lincoln Journal Star 25,000 pounds of the tasty treats distributed to 345 schools were removed from lunch service on Thursday after reports that children who had eaten them became ill. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the potatoes reportedly had an odd taste and odor.  In Nebraska, three schools reported sick students.

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.