Bill Would Give Pizza Retailers Larger Slice of School-Lunch

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WASHINGTON--A measure making its way through the Congress would enable pizza retailers to gobble up a larger slice of the lucrative school-lunch market.

The bill, which was approved by the full House this summer, would allow the Department of Agriculture, which administers the national school-lunch program, to exempt freshly made, meat-topped pizzas from certain federal meat-inspection rules.

Should the department decide to grant the exemption, it would be a boon to such pizza giants as Pizza Hut and Domino's, which have provided freshly made cheese and vegetarian pizzas to school cafeterias...