Greens still mourning loss of food police

The Greens are still in mourning for the loss of the food police:

School tuckshops are selling 14 per cent more junk food such as pies and sausage rolls than last year, sparking calls for the reinstatement of healthy eating guidelines.

The Green Party released its annual school food survey yesterday.

It showed a 14 per cent rise in pie, hot dog, sausage roll and hot-bite sales compared with the year before.

More than half of the 50 schools surveyed sold donuts, cookies and cakes while 42 per cent sold chips.

The Green Party says the survey results show an urgent need for the reinstatement of the School Food Guidelines ditched by Education Minister Anne Tolley this year.

Hmmn 50 schools. What sort of margin of error do you get from just 50 responses? It is +/- 14.3%.

Tolley told The Press schools were still required to promote healthy food and drink options and she trusted school boards of trustees to make appropriate decisions.

No, no, no. Teachers must be forced into becoming the food police. We need audits, inspections, dawn raids. You can not trust the people!!

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