Wanna go back to school?

This was in our staff news bulletin this morning. It outlines Government guidelines about food in schools, which will be enforced over the next few years. I am SO glad I'm not a kid anymore! And far be it from me to be cynical but wouldn't a more natural way of doing this be to stop middle class parents driving their kids to school and to put more PE into the primary curriculum!

· No confectionary (sweets, chocolate, chocolate biscuits etc) can be sold on school premises at any time.
· Cakes and other biscuits can only be sold at lunchtime as part of a meal i.e. no more cake sales!
· No snacks must be provided other than nuts, seeds, fruit or vegetable.
· No salt can be available to add to food after cooking.
· Deep fried food should not be provided more than twice per week.
· Starchy foods cooked in fat/oil should not be provided more than three times per week.
· Burgers, sausages and sausage products, individual meat pies and shaped meat products are only to be provided once per fortnight for each product.
· The only drinks that can be sold are water, milk (not full fat), fruit juice and yoghurt drinks.