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Riga educational institutions to use Latvian products in catering services

BC, Riga, 18.08.2014.Print version
Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs has ordered municipal educational institutions to take measures in order to provide schoolchildren with Latvian food products, informs LETA.

"Our goal is to use all legal options to support our local producers. Furthermore, there is no doubt that Latvian products are the best and healthiest for children," Usakovs said.

 

Municipal kindergartens that offer catering services independently have been ordered to prioritize Latvian products on their procurement lists.

 

Companies that provide catering services in schools have also been recommended to use only those food products that are produced in Latvia. From now on, when signing new contracts on school catering services, one of the main conditions will be the prioritization of Latvian products.

 

The municipality will also carry out various support measures in order to restore the so-called milk vending machines in Riga schools. The municipality will review the opportunity of attracting funds from the European Union for this project.

 

Intensifying consumption of Latvian food products has become an important issue after Russia introduced embargo on various food products that come from the European Union member states.






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