The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 5, 1986 -Page 5 HEALTH & FITNESS Food By KRISTIN POPE Although health food lover Ann Arbor's People's Food organically grown produc prices, co-op officials are about wooden food bins that deemed unsanitary by the Department of Agriculture. According to Sam Sarullc director of the departme division, cracks in the bins the co-op's two Ann Arbo sometimes attract grain bea THESE insects, said ano specialist in the departm carry an organism tha diseases in humans. He however, that scientific ev still sketchy. The Department of Agric repeatedly cited the co- violating a 1968 state food mandates storing food in a manner. But Sarullo empha the laws' vague nature pre department from enforcing "Until we can find an al the stores in which bulk fo from bins will only be violating the law," Sarullo s 1 - -_ co-op to r4 AS AN alternative, the department s flock to is currently drafting a new law that Co-ops for will specify how bulk food can be e at low safely and legally stored. Sarullo did concerned not elaborate on the specifics of this have been new legislation. Michigan Meanwhile, the co-op is soliciting funds from its members to replace the o, deputy wooden bins at its Packard St. outlet nt's food with more sanitary plastic containers. at one of Although financial limitations have, r outlets, thus far stood in the way, the co-op did tles. change the bins last fall at its other ther food store on N. Fourth Street. ent, may "I am very favorably impressed. It t causes looks more professional than I have e added, come to expect a co-op to look,". said idence is Tom Graven, a food specialist at the Department of Agriculture. ulture has GRAVEN complimented the co-op's ops with efforts to improve its sanitation, law that calling the installation of new bins "a sanitary quantum change." sizes that Randy Holtzman, general manager vents the of People's Co-op, said workers in- it. mediately clean the wooden bins and ternative, destroy or feed to animals any con- od is sold taminated food whenever the state cited as issues a citation. aid. "WE have no severe infestation emove unsanitary wooden bins problems," Holtzman said. "I wouldn't thnk that the bugs would be harmful. They occur in almost any food." HOLTZMAN emphasized that the organically-grown, chemical-free produce the co-op prides itself on may be no healthier than traditional supermarket items. "THERE is no advantage to organically grown food because the 'Until we can find an alternative, the stores in which bulk food is sold from bins will be cited as violating the law.' - Sam Sarullo, Michigan Department of Agriculture sells, Heiber said. "FOOD co-ops in general have healthy food," Heiber said, but she called low prices the greatest advan- tage co-op shoppers can expect. Co-op prices are generally less ex- pensive than convenience and grocery stores. Dannon Yogurt, for example, costs ten cents less at the Packard Co- op than at the Blue Front store down the street. Canned goods ran at a similar rate, although vitamins and some produce are more expensive due to the inac- cessability of organically fertilized fruits and vegetables. SELLING items in bulk quantities allows the co-op to offer lower prices. It also provides specialty items such as brown rice, lentils, pinto beans, black eyed and split peas, and cooking supplies. The co-op runs on a membership basis, with fees of $10 per household. For individuals, the co-op offers alternate four and eight month mem- berships. Membership entitles one to a 5 per- cent discount on all items, a vote in how the co-op is run, and the oppor- tunity to volunteer time for an ad ditional 10 percent discount. ACCORDING to Kirsten Jensen, the co-op's education services and mem- ber services director, "The co-op's basic purpose it to provide high- quality whole foods and product lines with integrity to co-op members and the community." Politics also plays a part in the co- op. "There is a focus on trying to be aware of nutritional issues and the political ramifications. The co-op at- tracts people who are aware of the same issues I like to think about," said Heidi Champmey, a manager and co-op member. She did not elaborate on her political perspec- tive. Think You 're Pregnant? Free Pregnancy Test Completely Confidential Pregnancy Counseling Center 529 N. Hewitt, Ypsilanti Call: 434-3088 (any time) co-op has not received any other citations - except for the storage bins - although the summer months present a particular problem with beatles. Customers say they shop at the co- op for its low prices and highly- nutritional products, some of which cannot be bought at other stores. But Irene Hieber, a dietician at Un- viersity Health Services, says the body cannot tell the difference bet- ween organically grown food and chemically fertilized food," Hieber said. Hieber added that shoppers should be wary of eliminating red meat - which is unavailable at the co-op - from their diets because the meat contains eight essential amino acids. These elements can be obtained in equal quantity from the grains, beans and dairy products that the co-op Democrats respond Reagan calls for new to Reagan (Continued from Page 1) In a pointed reference to the con- tinuing large trade imbalance with Japan, the senator said: "The country that rebuilt Germany and Japan after World War II should not just surren- der in the battle for foreign trade. It will be a bitter irony if we lose the trade war after winning the World War." BUT MITCHELL said the United States, under Reagan administration policies, is losing that war and is run- ning up a trade deficit of nearly $150 billion in the process. "IT IS, said Mitchell, "the biggest trade deficit ever run up by any coun- try in the entire history of the world." "In every market, from cars to 's address cameras, from Europe to South America - even in our own country - the competition is winning," he said. Mitchell said the United States must respond by increasing productivity and competition in world markets and by making sure at home that all Americans - "even the most power- ful among us - play by the same economic rules." Giving Democrats credit for first proposing tax reform and saying the Democratic-controlled House passed a tax reform bill last year, Mitchell said that over the past four years, 50 of the nation's largest corporations, earning a total $57 billion in profits, didn't pay one cent in federal income tax." Reagan ... sets future agenda welfare sti (Continued from Page 1) back by horse-and-buggy programs that waste tax dollars and squander human potential. We cannot win that race if we are swamped in a sea of red ink." Replying to repeated calls by some in Congress to raise taxes to reduce the federal deficit, Reagan said, "I'm sorry, they're asking the wrong people to tighten their belts. 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