Prepared dishes are generally not available in Shanghai elementary schools, details are as follows:

I. Shanghai Elementary School Catering Policy:

According to the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Education's relevant policies, Shanghai elementary school catering services should provide healthy, nutritious, and safe meals, and should not use pre-prepared dishes . This is to ensure the healthy growth and dietary safety of students, to improve the quality of their diets, and to strengthen food safety supervision. Therefore, food service in Shanghai elementary schools usually uses on-site cooking to ensure the freshness and nutritional value of the dishes.

The advantages of on-site cooking:

On-site cooking can ensure the freshness of ingredients. The chef can adjust the dishes according to the freshness and seasonality of the ingredients to ensure that students eat fresh and nutritious food.

Live cooking ensures the quality and taste of the dishes. The chef can adjust the dishes according to the students' tastes and needs to ensure that the dishes have good color and flavor. On-site cooking can improve food safety. Chefs can cook in strict accordance with food safety practices to ensure food hygiene and safety.

Live cooking can increase students' knowledge of and participation in food. Students can witness the food preparation process, learn about the raw materials and preparation methods of food, and increase their interest in and understanding of food.

Third, the reform measures of Shanghai elementary school catering:

In order to further improve the quality of Shanghai elementary school catering services, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Education and related departments have taken a series of reform measures. They have strengthened food safety supervision, formulated corresponding food safety standards and operation codes, and strengthened the supervision and inspection of school canteens.

Promoting the construction of campus vegetable gardens, encouraging schools to organize students to participate in planting and farming activities, providing fresh vegetables and fruits, strengthening the popularization and publicity of food and nutritional knowledge, and enhancing students' knowledge and understanding of healthy eating through food and nutritional education activities. It strengthens cooperation between schools and families, encourages parents to participate in school catering management and supervision, and ***shares the concern for students' dietary health.

Four, the importance of dietary health education:

Dietary health education plays an important role in Shanghai elementary school catering reform. By carrying out dietary health education activities, students can increase their knowledge and understanding of healthy eating and develop good eating habits. Dietary health education can educate students to choose healthy ingredients and dishes, understand the nutritional composition of food and the principles of collocation, and develop the habit of balanced diet.