Public Health Nutritionist explains how the new food and beverage policy for schools works. Clear and easy to understand. This is the information you need to implement the new food guidelines for schools. She also shares tips on how public health is working with school communities to help implement the guidelines in Ontario.

1. Healthy Food for Healthy
Schools Act, 2008
School Food and Beverage
Policy
PPM No. 150
Lucy Valleau RD MHSc
Public Health Nutritionist
May 19, 2010
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2. School Food and Beverage
Policy (P/PM 150)
What is it?
 Sets
out nutrition standards for food and
beverages sold in elementary and secondary
publicly funded schools in Ontario
 Introduced - Jan. 2010
 Full implementation – Sept. 2011
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3. What Does the Policy Apply to?
 Applies to all food and beverages sold in all venues:
e.g., vending machines, tuck shops, catered lunch
programs, bake sales and school events
 Does not apply to foods and beverages:
 Offered in schools at no cost
 Brought from home/purchased off school premises
 Purchased during field trips
 Sold in schools for non-school purposes
 Sold for fundraising occurring off school premises
 Sold in staff rooms
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4. Special Event Days
 School Wide Special Event Days - School
principals, with school councils & students, may
designate up to 10 school wide special event
days per year when food and beverages sold in
the school can be exempt from policy…
However, schools are encouraged to sell
foods and beverages that meet the
nutrition standards even on these school
wide special event days
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5.  Nutrition Standards for Food – 6
groups
 Vegetables and Fruit
 Grain Products
 Milk and Alternatives
 Meat and Alternatives
 Mixed dishes
 Miscellaneous items
 Nutrition Standards for Beverages
 different for elementary and secondary
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6. How do we know which foods
and beverages to sell?
Sell Most Sell Less Not Permitted
for Sale
≥80% ≤20%
0%
Healthier options May have
and generally slightly higher Have few
have higher
amounts of fat, essential
levels of
essential sugar, and/or nutrients and/or
nutrients and sodium than contain high
lower amounts food and amounts of fat,
of fat, sugar, beverages in the sugar, and/or
and/or sodium Sell Most sodium (e.g.,
category pop, candy,
chocolate,
freezies)
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7. Food Standards – Grain
Products - E.g., Bread
Sell Most (≥ 80%) Sell Less (≤ 20%)
 Whole grain is first item on  Saturated fat: ≤ 2g
ingredient list  And Sodium: ≤ 480mg
 And saturated fat: ≤ 2g
 And Sodium: ≤ 240mg
Examples:
 And Fibre: ≥ 2g
White (enriched) breads
Examples: White (enriched) pizza dough
Whole grain breads, buns
Whole grain pizza dough
Not Permitted for Sale
Saturated fat: > 2g
Or Sodium: > 480mg
Examples: Some cheese breads, scones and biscuits
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8. Public Health Encourages
Schools to…
 Embrace the policy – the benefits and
the ‘spirit’
 Promote
healthy eating at every
opportunity in the school, in the
classroom, and in the home… the
whole school approach
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9. The Whole School Approach?
Does your school support:
 Healthy fundraising?
 A school milk program?
 A healthy tuck shop?
 Healthy Special Food days?
 Non-food rewards in the classroom?
 Healthy food for sporting events?
 Healthy classroom celebrations?
 Healthy refreshments at school meetings
 Nutrition education for students, staff, parents and
partners (e.g., catered lunch program)
 Positive role-modeling
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10. Examples of Supporting Public
Health Resources
Nutrition Tools for Schools©
 Provideselementary schools tools and
guidance to help parents, teachers and
students to make the healthy choice the easy
choice in the classroom, in the school and in
the home and community
Eat Smart School Cafeteria Program
 Program
for secondary schools to
improve cafeteria choices
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11. For More Information…
Copy of the P/PM 150
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/150.html
Visit Ministry of Education website
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/healthyschools/
The following resources are coming
soon:
 School Food and Beverage Policy Resource Guide
 Quick Reference Guide
 Online learning modules
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12. For More Help Contact…
Eat Right Ontario
Connect to Registered Dietitian free via phone,
email, and web service 1-877-510-510-2 or
www.Ontario.ca/EatRight
Local Public Health Department
Association of Local Public Health Agencies
http://www.alphaweb.org/health_units.asp
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13. For More Help Contact…
York Region Public Health Services
http://www.york.ca/Services/Public+Health+and
+Safety/Food+and+Nutrition/default+Food+and
+Nutrition+Services.htm
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