A new bill has been proposed to ban all ultra-processed foods from schools, and Mendez Middle School in Santa Ana is already ahead of the legislation.
School officials have removed frozen and prepackaged foods and are now making foods like birria and salsas from scratch in their brand-new, state-of-the-art kitchens.
Santa Ana Unified School District director of nutrition Josh Goddard decided to transition two schools to a made-from-scratch menu…