Bad grades for school meals

Significant deficiencies found in NRW

"Frightening conditions" revealed in the words of Prof. Dr. Volker Peinelt the study of school catering at a total of 18 all-day schools in North Rhine-Westphalia. This was determined by three students from the Department of Nutritional Science at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in their thesis. The Mönchengladbach students took a close look at the school kitchens and researched the hygiene, quality and taste.
 
The results are devastating. Especially in the area of ​​hygiene, there seems to be no understanding at all in the schools of the responsibility for maintaining health, in the sense of avoiding diseases. The temperature measurements alone were catastrophic: 50% of the warm dishes were served below 65°C, the value to be regarded as critical from a microbiological point of view. Only two out of 29 dishes that needed to be chilled had the prescribed temperature of 7°C (the maximum measured value was +19°C) and only one of the schools visited had a thermometer at all. The menu generally shows few alternatives and what is offered is usually too high in fat. In addition, the cost of meals, up to 8 euros, is far too high.

For the results of their thesis, the students at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences received the Axel Bohl Prize, which was awarded for the first time by the German Institute for Community Catering (DIG).

further information:

The aid/DGE ring binder "Eating and drinking in schools" is aimed at schools that are offering lunch for the first time or want to improve their existing lunch offering. Detailed checklists help to select the appropriate catering system. The legal regulations for the preparation and distribution of meals in schools are also important. Finally, the ring binder also contains practical experience reports from schools with lunch catering, 40 recipes, an extensive list of media, a tender text for the caterer and an address list with the contacts in the federal states.

aid ring binder "Food and drink in schools"

190 pages, 29 tables, 15 figures, order no. 61-3839, ISBN 3-88749-172-6, price: EUR 25,00 plus postage and packaging against invoice

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