To ensure policy compliance, principals should:
- Ensure the provision of healthy food and drinks with GREEN and AMBER foods for educational activities, classroom rewards, school camps and excursions.
- Limit the supply of RED food and drinks to small amounts and only when essential to the learning program.
- Encourage the school to have a written policy (sample template available here) and canteen committee.
- Ensure canteen managers complete relevant training (see list here) and has an appointed Food Safety Supervisor.
- Promote and role model healthy behaviours to the school community.
- Advocate for healthy catering at staff meetings and events.
- Encourage the parent body to choose healthy fundraising activities.
- Encourage regular communication with and between canteen staff, teaching staff and parents.
- Ensure classroom activities promote healthy food and drinks and encourage staff to include nutrition education in their classroom.
- Ensure healthy choices are included in class celebrations and school fundraisers.
- Ensure canteens and food services meet the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
- Ensure the school complies with The Food Act 2008 (WA) and the Food Regulations 2009 (WA) which require that:
- All food services apply for registration with the local council as a food business.
- Schools notify the local council prior to conducting a charitable or community event involving food such as a cake stall or sausage sizzle.
- Food prepared for sale is only made in approved premises, for example a food business approved by the appropriate enforcement agency (food prepared in a home that has not been approved as a food business must not be sold in a canteen).
