What are other states in Australia doing?
New South Wales and Queensland have recently introduced ‘traffic light’ systems in their school canteens based on minimum nutrient criteria where registered products must not exceed levels of energy, total fat, saturated fat, sodium and sugar provided in the criteria. NSW has restricted the sale of RED foods and drinks to two days per term. This means that one or more of these foods can be sold on two designated days per term. Like WA, NSW has included many of the most favoured canteen menu items of students ie hamburgers, but has replaced them with healthier options of the same item.
