The claim was made by Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association, following the publication of its report that said the Government was failing to provide primary school children in England and Wales with meals that met its own nutritional standards. The report also found that the Government spends more money on prison food than school lunches, with 35p the average spent per child on a school meal, compared with 60p per prisoner.
Mr Melchett said, 'All too often, children at primary school are fed muck off a truck. The Government acknowledges that there are problems and must bring back quantified nutritional standards for school meals.'
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