The Trust recommends that food provision should be co-ordinated throughout the school day to ensure compliance, and actively monitored – what does this mean in practice?
Three of the food-based standards (restrictions on provision of deep-fried foods, meat products and starchy foods cooked in fat or oil) apply across the school day. As schools often have outlets in place that are run by different food providers, it is important that provision of food across these outlets is organised to ensure that these restrictions are complied with. We strongly recommend that evidence of compliance with the standards is produced and is available within school for each outlet that operates across the school day. A nominated person within the school (e.g. the senior management lead for food) can then be given responsibility for checking this information at regular intervals (e.g. when new menus are introduced) to ensure that each of the standards are met. Where catering budgets have been delegated, it is the governors that are responsible for compliance with the school food standards. It is therefore vital that they are kept fully informed about the degree of complian
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