School meat quality rising

HIGHER quality meat could soon be on the menu at schools.

Cheshire East Council wants to introduce the meat to help achieve an award from the Soil Association about the quality of meat used in school dinners.

To get a bronze award, schools need to serve Farm Assured meat, which meets high Government standards.

A spokesman for Cheshire East said: "In a continual development to provide high quality, healthy and sustainable food to children in Cheshire East schools, we are looking to introduce a phased delivery into schools for fresh meat and related products.

"Using different butchers, we are aiming to provide this service to 121 primary schools and 13 high schools across the district."

The council is now to hold a 'meet the buyer' day where suppliers can speak to the authority about its aims to see if they could be involved.

Schools would be grouped together and not all would be supplied by the one butcher.

The spokesman added: "This would fit in with the council's sustainability policy and may be suitable for organisations that are small or medium enterprises."

The 'meet the buyer' day is to take place in Middlewich on Wednesday, June 8.

For more details and to make an appointment, call Joy Bridle on 01606 271569.

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