Calls SEP to enforce ban on 'scrap' in schools

SEP asked educational and educational authorities to raise awareness of new guidelines among people in charge of selling food in schools.

On the occasion of the entry into force of the guidelines prohibiting the sale of ultra-processed products with low nutritional value in all schools of the National Education System, Mario Delgado Carrillo, head of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), yesterday called on educational authorities, staff with supervisory functions and teachers to inform and raise awareness among those who sell food in educational establishments about the provisi…

Mauricio Alvarado / EditorThe Ministry of Public Education (SEP) reported that from 29 March the new General Guidelines on the sale and consumption of food in schools of the National Education System (SEN) will enter into force, with which the sale of junk food and soft drinks within educational establishments is prohibited.The Secretary of Education, Mario Delgado Carrillo, called on teachers, managers and supervisors to inform and raise awaren…

On Saturday, the new “Healthy Life” guidelines in public and private schools in Mexico come into effect. However, many parents are still unaware of their content. In some schools, public and private, talks have been organized with parents and students to inform them that, in school cooperatives, from March 29, only healthy foods should be sold. And also, that lunchboxes should only contain healthy foods. Related news: Will Cooperatives that sell…

Mexico, March 28, 2025.- The Healthy Life program aims to restrict the sale of junk food in basic schools and will start to apply from March 29, 2025, will there be a fine for those who do not comply with the norm? Therefore, in adn40 we share all the details about the... Read more →

As you probably already know, from this March 29, 2025, the sale of junk food in schools in Mexico, as well as sugary drinks, will be prohibited, so that people who commit a misdemeanor, could be made liable to a fine. Therefore, we will share you, what is the junk food that is forbidden in schools, so that you avoid that fine that those who violate these measures might have.