MSU students navigate food recalls amid budget constraints

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFolks, tonight I want to talk about the most polite piece of mail a college student will ever receive: the food recall notice.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStudents at Michigan State are being told to check their fridges for recalled food, and they are doing it on a budget that was already a crime scene.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. The notice says throw it out. Throw it out. Really?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith what money do you propose they replace it, the pocket change in the couch?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three, and frankly, this is the uncomfortable truth they'd prefer to skip.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA recall is the only time a company admits something went wrong and asks for the food back, and the student is the one who has to decide whether dinner is worth the risk.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've read the notice, folks, all of it, and not one sentence says what to eat on Thursday. Not one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo tonight, check the label, check the date, and check on the kid down the hall whose whole fridge is a jar of mustard and a single sad egg.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause that mustard, folks, is the only thing in there nobody has ever recalled.