Freshly made food replaces packaged snacks in school canteens

By Alexandra Smith
Updated April 1 2017 - 9:43am, first published March 3 2017 - 2:10pm
Cabramatta Public School has a pop-up breakfast canteen offering healthy food. Photo: Ben Rushton
Cabramatta Public School has a pop-up breakfast canteen offering healthy food. Photo: Ben Rushton

School canteens will have to predominantly sell freshly made food such as sandwiches, stir fries and pastas instead of packaged snacks as part of an overhaul of menus designed to combat the worsening obesity problem in children.

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