Food for Life Catering Mark Fresh food you can trust. “The Catering Mark is now an industry standard.” Mark Davies, ISS Education

Soil Association - beginnings

Healthy plants Healthy animals Healthy food = healthy people! Healthy soil

Good food for all We want everyone to be able to access food that is good for them and good for the planet

From the Food for Life Partnership

Public health impacts 5-a-day went up 5% 4-a-day went up 12% 45% parents eating more vegetables as direct result of FFL 43% parents changed food shopping behaviour

Food for Life Catering Mark

No undesirable additives or trans fats 75% freshly prepared All meat meets British welfare standards Eggs from cage-free hens Seasonal menus No fish from the ‘fish to avoid’ list Free drinking water prominently available No GM ingredients Information on display about where food comes from Training for all catering staff

Success so far Over 600,000 meals per day = 110 million meals each year Over 100 pioneering business directly involved as members 28 Local Authorities – in house –going up. 49 Commercial catering businesses Over 20% of all schools meals meet the Catering Mark criteria (England) More than 75% London boroughs

Leading the way

Operation hospital food BBC 2 primetime

Care homes: developing partnerships

Challenges? Development of our standards Consultation on transportation and storing for the care sector

Contact Katrina Kollegaeva Business Development London/SE/EE