School Nutrition Guidelines for Tasmania

The Tasmanian School Canteen Handbook is not a policy as such, but provides recommendations on how schools can develop a policy on food and nutrition. It has been developed by  The School Canteen Advisory Committee. The committee comprises representatives from the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, the Tasmanian School Canteen Association Inc., the Tasmanian State School Parents and Friends Association, non-government organisations, Catholic Education, Independent Schools and TAFE.

The Handbook forms the basis of the Tasmanian School Canteen Association’s Cool Canteen Accreditation Program (Cool CAP). Within the Accreditation guidelines is a traffic light food labelling system, with the recommendation that red foods and drinks be banned from the menu. The menu must not have more red products that green and amber combined.

CoolCAP accreditation is available to any Tasmanian government or non-government school.