Our food policy

The Shropshire School Meals Service is committed to sourcing raw materials for its products. To ensure our service fulfils an effective environmental ethos, we are carrying out a number of initiatives to reduce the impact of the service on the environment.

Our raw materials aim to be

• high quality
• conforming to government guidelines
• local wherever possible
• environmentally sensitive

In addition, as our catering and cleaning service purchases more than £5,000,000 in raw materials and employs around 1,500 people, we are looking at ways to improve economic development in the county wherever possible.

We are currently working with a county-wide group to find ways to introduce more local produce into our meals.

The group comprises:

• Shropshire School Meals Service
• Shropshire Council Sustainability Unit
• The NFU - National Farmers' Union
• Advantage West Midlands
• DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Heart of England Fine Foods
• Regional Farmers' Markets
• The Soil Association

For more information on local produce and recycling please see the 'Related information' section on this page.

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