Whistleblower reveals poor food quality making Michigan National Guard members sick
There's a disturbing problem facing Michigan National Guard troops guarding the U.S. Capitol – their food.
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Whistleblower reveals poor food quality making Michigan National Guard members sick
(WXYZ) — There's a disturbing problem facing Michigan National Guard troops guarding the U.S. Capitol – their food.
UPDATE: Sen. Peters calls on National Guard to terminate food contract, provide per diem for MI soldiers
A whistleblower is telling 7 Action News nearly 75 meals were thrown out Sunday after metal shavings were found, other meals showed up undercooked making soldiers sick.
A staff sergeant with the Michigan National Guard, whose identity 7 Action News is protecting, says the problem is not isolated.
“Yesterday, for instance, there were 74 different meals found with raw beef in them,” the sergeant said. "Just yesterday, the lunches were, soldiers had found metal shavings in their food.”
The food concerns going beyond quality – quantity is an issue as well. Breakfast is an example.
“You were getting maybe a Danish and some sort of juice," the sergeant said. "And then we had certain days where it was clearly a dinner role and Sunny D.”
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A staff sergeant with the Michigan National Guard told WXYZ: “Yesterday, for instance, there were 74 different meals found with raw beef in them. Just yesterday, the lunches were, soldiers had found metal shavings in their food.”
Undercooked food made more than a dozen soldiers sick, with some going to the hospital, the staff sergeant said.
Other meals are described by the staff sergeant as a dinner roll and Sunny D. Photos sent by the whistleblower were included in the report showing raw, undercooked chicken, metal shavings on rice and a meal pack with snacks suitable for a school field trip.
“Now after the raw meat yesterday for dinner they have told us not to eat the meals for the next two days and are giving us MRE’s instead. Soldiers are now paying for all their meals for the next two days in order to get real food,” the staff sergeant told WXYZ.
Michigan National Guard troops face problems with food
Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, is calling on the chief of the National Guard to terminate the contract with the company providing food to Michigan National Guard members in Washington D.C. and provide soldiers with a per diem.
Maybe its cause some of them turned they backs on joey's motorcade when he was getting into office.
