The expert explained the main problem of the new nutrition SanPiN

The new Nutrition SanPiN, which will become effective on September 1, 2026, has preserved the norms that allowed unscrupulous suppliers not to include fruits, meat, cottage cheese and other products indispensable for children in the menu for schoolchildren. This was stated by Vladimir Maslov, Vice President of the Institute of Industrial Nutrition, in an interview with Izvestia.

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He explained that we are talking about paragraph 5 of Article 59 in the chapter on the specifics of catering for children in the new SanPiN on nutrition, which was adopted by Rospotrebnadzor. It says that the menu can be adjusted to take into account the climatic, geographical, national, religious and territorial characteristics of the population's diet, "provided that the requirements for the content and ratio of essential nutrients in the children's diet are met."

"But this clause actually allows the heads of organizations and unscrupulous service providers not to comply with the requirements of the law 29-FZ "On Food Quality and Safety" on compliance with natural nutrition standards for products. The menus being developed are checked only for compliance with proteins, fats and carbohydrates," the source explained.

As a result, the expert pointed out, there are menus in the regions that may contain insufficient or no fruits, meat, cottage cheese and other products that are indispensable in the nutrition of children, but at the same time the most expensive.

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