
Floor sealant served to students instead of milk was mistakenly stored in food warehouse, Alaska school district says
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An investigation into how 12 elementary school students in Juneau, Alaska, were served floor sealant instead of milk at a child care program has revealed that the chemical was mistakenly stored in a food warehouse, school district officials said.
In the spring of 2021, one pallet of floor sealant was erroneously delivered as part of a shelf-stable milk shipment to a warehouse that is used to store food for the Juneau School District, the district said in their latest update.
That floor sealant was later served to a group of students at the RALLY summer care program held at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱-Glacier Valley Elementary School as part of the childrens' breakfast, according to the district. Soon after, the students began complaining that the milk they were served tasted bad and was burning their throats and mouths, the district said.