New guide to implementing the nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools
The Scottish Government has announced the publication of a new guide to implementing the nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools (Scotland) regulations 2008.
At the Healthy Food in Schools conference organised by HMIE in Dunfermline on Wednesday, Children's Minister Adam Ingram launched a guide to implementing the new nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools.
The guidance has been written for catering providers and staff who are responsible for menu planning, food purchasing, preparation and service of food in schools and staff recruitment and training. Local authority staff, headteachers and other staff involved in providing meals will also be interested.
The regulations form part of the wider health promoting schools duty set out in the Act and work as a whole across the school day. They cover food and drinks that are served in schools. The standards for school lunches cover the proportion of nutrients required in an average day's school lunch and the types of food and drink that pupils should be offered in a school lunch and their frequency as well as setting nutritional requirements for specific types of food and drink.
Scottish Government News Release: Nutritional advice served up to school caterers
Scottish Government publication:
The Herad article: Serving up a new recipe for healthier school meals