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| Made | 4th September 2006 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 8th September 2006 | ||
| Coming into force | 11th September 2006 |
Food groups
3.
—(1) Food covered by these Regulations shall be divided into the groups shown in the Schedule.
(2) Food included in the groups must be made available as part of a school lunch in schools maintained by local education authorities, except for nursery units within primary schools, in accordance with the following requirements.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations a pupil referral unit shall be treated as either a primary or a secondary school according to whether the majority of registered pupils are of primary or secondary age at the commencement of each school year.
4.
—(1) Not less than two portions each day must be available of food from group A, at least one of which must be salad, vegetables or vegetable juice and at least one of which must be fruit, fruit salad or fruit juice.
(2) A fruit-based dessert (with a content of at least 50% fruit measured by the weight of the raw ingredients) must be available at least twice each week in primary schools.
5.
—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, a food from group B must be available every day.
(2) Red meat must be available at least twice each week in primary schools, and at least three times each week in secondary schools.
(3) Fish must be available at least once each week in primary schools and at least twice each week in secondary schools.
(4) Fish required to be made available by paragraph (3) must at least once every three weeks be oily fish.
(5) In primary schools a dairy source of protein may be made available in place of a food from group B.
6.
—(1) Food from group C may only be made available infrequently.
(2) An economy burger as described in Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations and any other shaped product comprising a mixture of meat and other ingredients which is not included in the reserved descriptions specified in that Schedule may only be made available if it complies with the meat content requirements for "Burger" in that Schedule.
(3) No meat product shall be made available if it contains any carcase part listed in regulation 6(2) of the 2003 Regulations, subject to the exception in regulation 6(3) of those Regulations.
7.
—(1) A type of bread and another food from group D must be available every day.
(2) A food from group D which has been cooked in fat or oil must not be made available more than three days in a week.
(3) On each day when a food from group D cooked in fat or oil is available, a food (other than bread) from group D not so cooked must also be available.
8.
A food from group E must be available every day.
Drinks
9.
—(1) Only the drinks included in group F may be provided as part of a school lunch, except that whole milk may be provided for pupils up to the end of the school year in which they attain the age of five.
(2) The drinking water required by regulation 22(1) of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999[5] must be provided free of charge to registered pupils on the school premises.
Other requirements.
10.
Only two portions each week may consist of food which has been deep-fried in the cooking or manufacturing process.
11.
—(1) No confectionery or savoury snacks may be provided except nuts, seeds, fruit or vegetables with no added salt, sugar or fat.
(2) In this regulation—
12.
—(1) No salt shall be available to add to food after the cooking process is complete.
(2) Other condiments may be available to pupils only in individual sachets, or where condiments are not available in sachets in individual portions of no more than 15 grams or one teaspoonful.
Amendments
13.
Regulations 4, 5 and 6 of the Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) (England) Regulations 2000[6] are revoked.
Phil Hope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education and Skills
4th September 2006
| Food Group | Foods included in group |
| A. Fruit and vegetables |
Fruit and vegetables in all forms, whether fresh, frozen, tinned in juice or dried. Fruit salad, fresh or tinned in juice. Pure fruit or vegetable juice. |
| B. Meat, fish and other non dairy sources of protein |
Meat and fish (in each case whether fresh, frozen, canned or dried), eggs, nuts, pulses and beans, other than green beans. Ham and bacon. Other non-dairy sources of protein. Any food containing meat together with food from groups A, D or E , but excluding any meat product falling within group C. |
| C. Meat products | Any meat product falling within Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations, and any other shaped or coated meat product |
| D. Starchy foods | All types of bread, pasta, noodles, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, millet and cornmeal. |
| E. Milk and dairy foods | Milk, cheese, yoghurt (including frozen and as a drink), fromage frais and custard; but not butter or cream |
| F. Drinks |
Plain water (still or carbonated). Skimmed or semi-skimmed milk. Pure fruit or vegetable juices. Soya drinks enriched with calcium. Yoghurt or milk with artificial sweeteners or less than 5% added sugar. Combinations of water, milk (skimmed or semi-skimmed), soya drinks, fruit juice or yoghurt (of which the milk or yoghurt may contain artificial sweeteners or less than 5% added sugar). Tea, coffee, low calorie hot chocolate. |
[3] OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.back
[4] OJ No. L310, 28.11.2001, p. 19.back
