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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to repeal the legislation on Nutrient-based Standards for school lunches. More details
Submitted by Verner Wheelock of Verner Wheelock Associates – Deadline to sign up by: 20 August 2009 – Signatures: 124
More details from petition creator
Calculating the Nutritional Standards for school lunch menus will be extremely expensive in terms of time and resources for school caterers. Many do not have the specialised expertise and are finding the exercise very stressful, and many have already left the profession. In a recent poll of school caterers at the LACA conference, 88% of delegates said it would be impossible to produce popular meals for secondary school children based on the current nutritional standards.
Complying with the Food-based Standards will ensure that healthy meals are prepared, so calculating the nutrient content of foods does not serve any useful purpose. Finally the approach to the Nutrient-based Standards is fundamentally flawed due to inaccuracies of the figures.
Current signatories
Verner Wheelock, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
- Helen Moore
- Alison Wheelock
- Helen Flaherty
- Tim Whitehead
- roger denton
- Jez Jackson
- Donald Moore
- Pauline Johnson
- Diana Hansford
- Kevin Hobart
- Jenny Pittam
- Deborah callaway
- Tracey Killick
- Vic Campbell-MacDonald
- Ola Olomo
- Janet Smith
- callum norman
- Thomas littlewood
- Sandra Fellows
- Jacqueline Webb
- jim campbell
- Derrick Blunden
- Mischa Howell
- J.Jenks
- Margaret J Teague
- Claire Gorman
- Carol Matthews
- Angela Bennett
- Kylie Huffa
- Carrie Ruxton
- Evelyn Cook
- Barbara Hulme
- Steve Logan
- Carol Crow
- a.gould
- Jean Blackburn
- Lorraine Swales
- Jo Alcock
- Rosie Molinari
- Daria Olbrecht
- Neil Porter
- Stephen Price
- Cheryl Petrie
- Diane Smith
- Andy Kennesion
- Carol Hart
- Drew Sinclair
- sarah franklin
- Carol Leverkus
- Rebecca Spencer
- Chris Maycroft
- Dawn Cheshire
- Joy Bridle
- Christine Bebbington
- Hazel Dodd
- Christine Holden
- Pauline Greenough
- Melanie Wellard
- Nick Copson
- Lynda Mitchell
- Linda Lee
- Claire Moore
- Chris Baker
- Sharon Smith
- LInda Marsden
- Joanne Cooper
- Christine Mortimer
- Mike Nixon
- Jennifer Perrin
- Yvonne Denton
- Phil Tompson
- C Hart
- Ella Coackley
- Valerie Drew
- phillip spenceley
- Christelle Wells
- David Olivant
- susan giblin
- Neil Mosley
- T Shorney
- Rachel Ross
- Pjilippa Joyce
- Jan Wheelock
- Kathryn Wheelock
- Andrew Messam
- Tracey Starr
- Elizabeth Messam
- Giles Starr
- Margaret Wan
- Mark Keats
- John Bengston
- Sharon Bengston
- Mark Scholey
- darren robinson
- julie mouatt
- Carolyne Taylor
- kaye schofield
- Andrew Rice
- ruth tozer
- Kate Allardyce
- R Brook
- Sarah King
- michelle cooke
- Richard Seal
- Mr M. Akhal
- Julie Lardie
- Elaine Barker
- Mrs Lynda Wright
- s evans
- Val McGill
- Denise Bartley
- Vanessa H Smith
- Adam Casey
- Julian Hawksworth
- Natalie Labrosse
- David Baines
- Alison Evans
- Bruce Cox
- Chris Maycroft
- nikki o'brien
- Susan Morris
- Chris Jennings
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