Education

Hampshire County Council's Catering Service (HC3S) is now able to check whether parents can claim free school meals, through a new government initiative called the 'Hub'.

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, will fire the starting gun for a new Healthy Eating Campaign on the 28th September.

The decision follows an OFT Statement of Objections in April 2008 after one of its largest Competition Act investigations.

Feedback has been gathered from pupils about what changes should be made, such as introducing a soup corner and consulting pupils in the design of new menus.

Following the launch of Medikidz this week, copies of the 'Medikidz Explain Overweight' comic book will be distributed to every primary and secondary state school in the UK to help educate students ab

The move comes as the Healthy Schools programme celebrates its tenth anniversary, and has exceeded its target to get 75% of schools to achieve Healthy School status by December 2009. To date, 80% of a

The move is designed to further encourage healthy eating habits by removing easy access to unhealthy food in nearby shops and fast-food outlets.

Students are being invited to get their creative hats on and write an original recipe for a main dish for two (meat, fish or vegetarian), which wherever possible uses ingredients that are grown and pr

The guide is a resource designed to make food safety a top priority in business, and FSANI is aiming to integrate it into catering students' education before they enter the industry. Safe Catering hel

The integrated catering system will initially be installed in 44 secondary schools in Essex, allowing the schools to manage menu planning in-line with Government nutritional standards which have been