A high level government panel formed to frame guidelines on junk food has recommended banning 12 food items which include chips, ready to eat noodles, soft drinks, burgers, pizzas, cakes, burgers, and biscuits, Indian sweet meat and chocolates in school canteens across India.
The panel set up by the women and child development ministry has proposed that school canteens should serve Indian vegetarian meal comprising of pulao, rice, dal, kadhi, rajma, khichri, halwa with black chana, idli, vada, sambar, upma, payasam, butter milk, curd, vegetable sandwich, coconut water, jaljeera and shikanji.
This ten member team was headed by T Longvah, director in charge of the Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition. They also recommended that street vendors should not be allowed to sell food items during school hours within 200 meters of its vicinity.
The school panel suggested that the school canteens should colour code food items as orange, green and yellow, depending on their nutritional values. “Being the nodal ministry tasked with tackling issues related to child nutrition, we thought it necessary to address the issue of junk food .We will give report to the HRD ministry which will take the final call on its implementation,” said a WCD ministry official.
The school panel suggested that the school canteens should colour code food items as orange, green and yellow, depending on their nutritional values. “Being the nodal ministry tasked with tackling issues related to child nutrition, we thought it necessary to address the issue of junk food .We will give report to the HRD ministry which will take the final call on its implementation,” said a WCD ministry official.
Source : www.hindustantimes.com
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