Written question WQ94232
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 12 days
Question
Does the Welsh Government monitor schools in receipt of funding for free school meals to ascertain whether meals include any ingredients that contain tartrazine, butylated hydroxyanisole, beta-hydroxybutyrate, potassium bromate, or Allura Red AC/Red dye #40?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
The Welsh Government does not monitor schools in receipt of funding for free school meals to ascertain whether meals include the ingredients listed above. All school food must comply with The Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013 as well as relevant food law.