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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

School vending to end in health bid

Secretary of State Ruth Kelly has announced that the Government plans to stop vending machines in schools from selling high-sugar fizzy drinks, chocolate and crisps from September 2006.
At present schools decide for themselves on what is appropriate for their needs but the Automatic Vending Association (AVA) would welcome any Government recommendations which would bring greater clarity to assist parents, schools and caterers as what to provide in school.

AVA's members, comprising vending operators, machine manufacturers and product suppliers, are already offering secondary schools a wide range of products to enable each school to make an educated choice of appropriate products for their vending machines. Vending operators have been sourcing new products to extend the range they offer to secondary schools and non-branded machines are being placed in schools as required. Vending is not provided in primary schools by AVA members.

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