National Food Strategy launched with actions for schools

The government commissioned national food strategy, led by Henry Dimbleby, has published its second report.

The strategy recommends schools be required to work with accreditation schemes for teaching cookery and nutrition and calls for the reinstatement of the food A-level.

It also calls for a new sugar and salt reformulation tax, which would net up to £3.4 billion a year for the Treasury, some of which would be used to expand free school meals eligibility.

Commenting on the National Food Strategy Report, LACA said the following: “LACA welcome that the National Food Strategy shines a spotlight on the increasing number of children who are suffering from food inequality and we wholeheartedly support the recommendation on extending free school meals.

“We have long supported a whole school approach to food- with the dining hall as the hub of the school where children and teachers eat together- and we are pleased that the report recognises this.

“We agree that there should be additional funding to train school chefs and that their hard work should be better recognised. LACA have always championed the quality and service of our school chefs and we will continue to do so.”

Read the full report here.