- Title or Description
- Imported Food Products For School Meals
- FOI Number
- 20250846
- Date Received
- 01/07/2025
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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(1) Across the last five years has your local authority served imported food products in school meals? (If so, could you outline in which years). (2) Across the last five years has your local authority served imported meat products in school meals? (Please could you break this down by year and by type of meat).
(3) Across the last five years, how much has your local authority spent on imported food products for school meals? (Please could you break this down by year).
(4) Across the last five years, how much has your local authority spent on food products produced in Scotland or in the rest of the UK for school meals? (Please could you break this down by year).
(5) Across the last five years, how much has your local authority spent on imported meat products for school meals? (Please could you break this down by year and type of meat).
(6) Across the last five years, how much has your local authority spent on meat products produced in Scotland or the rest of the UK for school meals? (Please could you break this down by year). - Response
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Yes, Scottish Borders Council has served some imported food products in school meals over the past five years, though the majority of ingredients are locally or UK-sourced. 2020?2025 The Council holds the Food for Life Served Here Bronze Award since 2019, which requires:*At least 75% of dishes to be freshly prepared.*Use of UK-sourced meat and eggs (e.g., Glenrath Farms, Shaws Fine Meats).*Marine Conservation Society-approved fish. Primary suppliers include:*George Anderson Ltd (fruit and veg ? Scottish)*Glenrath Farms Ltd (eggs ? Peebles)*Bonaly Farm Dairy (milk ? Loadhead)*The Premium Bakery (bread ? Prestonpans)*Shaws Fine Meats (meat ? local)*Brakes UK ? a national supplier that includes some imported products
Regrettably, Scottish Borders Council does not hold the requested information on imported food products in a format that allows for reporting by specific years. As such, we are unable to provide a breakdown of which years imported products were served in school meals. In accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, we must advise that this information is not held.
