School lunches: Bones in burgers, rotten apples, raw food

The complaints for School lunches Distributed to various schools in the country – then Mass food poisoning Students at Lamia – all the time are increasing. Food is distributed to them 133 Municipalities of the country.

“The foods they ate there uncooked And vegetables and all. The little one brought it to me and the meat, the young veal, and I was afraid that no child would drown. It is not cooked“, the mother of a child from an Athens school tells Mega.

“It was disgusting. I’ll tell you that. I went to get a burger myself because the kids weren’t eating that day and once I saw it I didn’t eat for the rest of the day. I was disgusted“, says the mother of a child from a school in Larissa.

“These foods No child eats them Because the potatoes are not cooked. The chickpeas are bad, I spoke to the manager and he says they eat them because they are leftovers Teachers also receive And it feels good”, said the father of one from Mousaki.

Even bones in burgers

“Some kids, well, eat at home. However, there are also children who stay all day and financial issues They are probably waiting for these foods“, says the complainant.

A total of 180,000 students, viz Four out of 10 students In primary schools across the country they eat from the school lunch.

For example, one Rotten apple A 6-year-old can spot, but certainly not uncooked chicken, says the mother of an elementary school student at Metamorphosi.

“The Chicken The burger in the middle was red. The kids didn’t eat and I tried the burger suzukaki bones were in it. Salads are a bit smelly, even the cabbage They smell As if they were unwashed. The beetroot smelled when you put it in the fridge. Fish bread is made. There was a lot of bread in it, most of it bread and The fish was black».

Another father from Mouzaki complains in the same media Concerns How healthy it is to pack hot The Food Inside Plastic containers And nylons deteriorate with heat.

“When they’re hot they put them in plastic bags and melt the nylons. They put them in plastic packaging. melts it Nylon You can see in the photographs,” said the complainant.

He added: “The food is disgusting. These meals are delivered to the old people’s home and given to the special school. Just looking at these dishes makes me feel sick,” he said.

They complained but got no response

Highlight one Burger It was like it came straight out of her freezing. The makers of these school lunches didn’t even bother to cook the frozen burgers before putting them in the school lunches. The ice stuck in the meat is very obvious and there are dozens of questions.

A woman whose son almost ate a rotten apple given to her at school complains that she sent a complaint email to OPEKA with no response: “I received a questionnaire about how we get food and what we think about it. . When I answered the questionnaire, this email I also sent these pictures. And Of course no one answered».

Parents insist the school lunch program is a lifesaver for many families Friday Have to do them severe criteriaAs they are distributed to young primary school children.

And Mr. Makas, the parent of a student who experienced a similar incident, Report: “We lodged a complaint with the Directorate of Public Health and Social Care and OPECA, but We didn’t get an answer From these services. But we got an out-of-court settlement from the company.

At the same time, he stressed: “School lunch is a sacred institution. We are in rural areas, where Families are not struggling economically, they are hungry».