US EditionExcl: ‘Treat foods’ to be axed from school meals programme
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Traders in Puebla reported a fall in candy sales during Children’s Day. According to the local authorities, the decrease is due in part to the new healthy eating guidelines promoted in schools. “Like 70%, yes, because the truth we invested and it didn’t go as it should have, then yes, but because we have to look for other alternatives,” Francisco Rosales, who is in charge of sweets. The new regulations limit the distribution of high sugar produc…
Excl: ‘Treat foods’ to be axed from school meals programme
‘Treat meals’ such as burgers and chicken nuggets are to be axed from the school meals programme over concerns they are damaging the scheme’s reputation, Extra.ie can reveal. An internal briefing for Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, shows that the department aims to end weekly meals on the programme’s menu that are ‘high in saturated fat, salt and sugar’ by this September. In April, the…
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