US EditionWhy the City Will No Longer Serve Tuna in Its School Canteens
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By October 2024, NGOs Bloom and Foodwatch had alerted the contamination of tuna with mercury after random testing of 148 cans of canned tuna.
The city hall of Lyon, along with seven other cities, decided to ban tuna temporarily from the menus of their school canteens as early as the fall of 2025.
The excessive presence of mercury in canned tuna forces eight French municipalities to dispense with this fish in their school menus.
Fearing that children would exceed the weekly dose of mercury tolerated by their organizations, Paris, Lyon, Lille and five other town halls announced this Thursday, August 28th that they would ban tuna from children's meals in schools.
Rennes and seven other cities, including Paris and Lyon, decided to stop "temporarily" serving tuna in their school restaurants because of the risk of mercury contamination.
Several town halls decide to ban tuna in school canteens. This is the case in Lyon (Rhône). In question, there are risks of mercury contamination, they say.
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