Nursery World - Dumping the junk

With new regulations ahead on school meals, now's the time to change attitudes and practices, says Mary Whiting Almost 20 years ago, the then Government abolished the nutritional requirement for school meals. Worse, schools were also made to use CCT (Compulsory Competitive Tendering), which forced them to choose the lowest tender by a meal provider. In practice, it meant that children got what has been wonderfully described as 'muck on a truck'.

Almost 20 years ago, the then Government abolished the nutritional requirement for school meals. Worse, schools were also made to use CCT (Compulsory Competitive Tendering), which forced them to choose the lowest tender by a meal provider. In practice, it meant that children got what has been wonderfully described as 'muck on a truck'.

After two decades of campaigning, culminating in what is being called 'the Jamie Oliver effect', there is at last Government action. From this September, primary schools will have to comply with minimum nutritional standards set by the School Meals Review Panel. In summary, this will ensure that:

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