The Directorate of Primary Education will test biscuits distributed under school-feeding programmes following reports that some students fell ill after eating them, officials said. “We have already ...

251 students from a district council school in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar of Maharashtra were hospitalised after eating biscuits from a nutritional meal programme. The incident happened on Saturday ...

These findings reinforce the urgent need for a complete ban on cakes and biscuits currently permitted under the school food standards at lunchtime, as they are unlikely to align with current ...

But, what do you think? Should chocolate, cake and biscuits at school be banned? Or is the occasional sweet treat completely fine?

Currently, the school food standards allow schools to give children sweet treats like cakes, buns and scones that have been bought or made on-site. In its survey, the charity found that 61% of cakes, ...