On 31 Mar 2025 03:39:44 GMT, Gordon <
Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556710/new-school-lunches-don-t-give-kids-enough-energy-failing-nutrition-standards-report
In this commerial world somethings it is a good idea to check out if the >product is fit for purpose of at least if a little extra in the price makes >the product fit for purpose.
As a tax payer I would like to think/know that the school lunches gave
enough energy to carry them through the day. This is the intended purpose of >the school lunch programme.
"Given that 27% of children in New Zealand live in households where food runs >out often or sometimes,8 the very low energy content of the meals is especially
worrying. The energy provided is 30-40% lower than the lunches served in 2022 >under the original funding model and only around half the energy (kilojoules) >recommended for lunches for children."
I could be said that the Government is not feeding the poor lunches which >will help to keep them in poverty. Not the right track.
I'm not sure what you intended with that paragraph, Gordon - I suspect
the Government _is_ (rather than is not) feeding the poor lunches
which will help keep them in poverty; I agree that they are on the
wrong track.
The report from the Public Health Communication Centre has very little
waffle in it and bristles with a fix it now tone.
From that report:
An Official Information Act reply from the Ministry of Education, when referring to the SLC meals, states “the new contract requires that
meals meet the Nutrition Standards developed for the programme in
2022. Every lunch provided by meal providers is to meet the
nutritional standards.”
There is therefore no excuse for not quickly requiring the School
Lunch collective to meet the terms of their contract - the report
indicates that there are still 124,941 students relying on Compass /
Gilmours / Libelle to provide lunches to the standards required in the contract.
It is hard to understand why Seymour is avoiding taking effective
action - there has been no suggestion that the companies have donated
to the ACT party . . .
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