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09-22-2009, 04:30 PM
Education Minister Melanio Paredes said that his Ministry would investigate the allegations made by Dairy Farmers' leader Cesareo Contreras, who said that the Ministry is purchasing "milk that is not milk" for its school breakfast program. Paredes clarified that although the issue does affect the school food program, it is not the Ministry's job to monitor the nation's milk. He said that a commission is responsible for ensuring the quality of the milk served in school breakfast program. This is not the first time that school milk has come under fire. Two years ago, under former Education Minister Alejandrina German it was found that the milk being served in schools did not meet minimum nutritional standards.

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