Complaints about free food during quarantine are on the rise: some items were missing, others were questionable

The residents of Raseiniai were outraged by the content of the free rations received during the quarantine, that the quality is poor, some products are almost expired, others do not have any label.

The editorial office also received complaints from other cities about another food supply institution: Bruneros.

Missing products

Evelina, a resident of Jonava district, Užusaliai elderly, said at first that she was very happy that her preschool daughter had a ration of food even during her quarantine.

But soon that joy was overshadowed by a glance at the contents of the ration.

“We got home, bagged the suitcases and the contents began to saddle me more and more. My bag is missing a package of nuts, my sister’s bag is missing sausages and cheese, other mothers in our class are in contact with me and others are missing products, ”said the woman.

He later stated that he wanted to inspect the expiration dates of the products, but, for example, no date was indicated on the package of eggs.

According to her, the validity period was indicated on the sticker in the doses received by other families, but not on the official seal.

We move the bags and the contents begin to saddle me more and more.

He also questioned whether the food was healthy and balanced.

It is said that in other schools the children received chicken and pork, and their ration contained sausages.

“The most interesting thing is that the whole school and my sister’s son study in the first grade, in Kaunas they had chicken and pork everywhere. And I have food every two weeks, here in a month Sasyskų Pokok, servelatą (smoked sausage – 15 minutes), but I’ll probably feed the dog. <...> Because they have to give that food on top of what they eat at school, ”said the Jonava district resident.

A child’s diet should include healthy and balanced foods, but this is far from the case.

“At school, in the canteen, our children can’t drink sugar for tea, right?

Then maybe someone can explain to me why kids get condensed milk from the caterer. Bank? From what I understand, a child’s diet should include healthy and balanced foods, but this is far from the case, ”he continued.

Evelina shared a list of products that her daughter had to receive during the quarantine:

Sausages	Egg box	pearl barley	Beets, peas (2 pcs.)
Patés (2 vnt.)	Cheese (2 units)	Juice (1 l)	Condensed milk
Servelatas kr	Butter (2 pcs.)	Rice	Pickles
Curd (1 kg)	Flour (2 pcs.)	Milk (2 pcs.)	A mixture of nuts and raisins.

Only products suitable for children

At the Užusaliai school in the Jonava district, a multifunctional center visited by a woman’s daughter, Bruneros provides the catering.

15 minutes A comment posted by the company states that the company has been cooking at this school for many years and that there have been no misunderstandings before.

As in all of Lithuania, the food rations have been prepared and distributed since last spring.

“This time, as usual, we received information from the school management about the time period and the amount of dry food rations, and Giedrė Jasiulienė, the head of our Jonava department, provided information to school leaders about composition of food rations.

In the absence of comment on the change in dosage composition, the department technician ordered the required quantity of products. Dry food rations are prepared equally for all students. The food rations were prepared on Thursday and delivered to the school social workers on the same day.

Friday evening around 7 pm A call was received from school representatives that several parents were missing products.

We were really very unpleasantly surprised. On Monday morning we informed the school representatives that the products had already appeared on Friday evening, the parents apologized, they were invited to pick up the missing products, ”explained Silva Petrikauskienė, head of the company’s marketing department. . missing products”.

When asked what criteria are used to select baby food, the answer says that “a dry ration consists only of products that are suitable for infant nutrition”.

Company representatives also noted that the composition of the food ration is always provided to school representatives, upon written request, the list of products can be adjusted.

We are talking to suppliers about egg labeling.

“We are explaining to suppliers about egg labeling,” read the reply. 15 minutes.

School – not what

Although the Brunera representatives stated that the selection of food products is coordinated with the school, Audronė Kvedaravičienė, director of the Užusalis multifunctional school center 15 minutes said it was done only in the spring, and the harmonization of products in January did not take place.

“For this period, when the children were studying at home in January, no list was provided,” he said.

He also stressed that it is not the school that has to take care of whether the food is balanced, but the specialists of the company that supplies it.

For this period, when the children were studying at home in January, no list was provided.

“You probably find that school doesn’t balance food.

They have their own specialists, they make tables, Bruneros really have so many people who take care that the child receives a balanced and orderly meal, they have to answer what they put in those bags and how they choose the food. the food was commented on by the director of the educational institution.

When asked why some food baskets lacked products, A. Kvedaravičienė repeatedly pointed out the responsibility of the company responsible for catering.

He assured that Bruneros was in charge of packaging and distributing the products.

“The school is not here at all, I can tell you that,” said the director.

– I don’t even understand how those products were put together, because so far there have been no such problems, probably for the first time. And he probably put the products in the bags in a very irresponsible way. “

In general, the principal said that he had heard about this problem only from those around him, but said that he had not received any written complaints and no one had come to the school with reproaches.

The issue of nutrition, he said, is constantly being discussed with the parents of the students, but the company and the institutions that inspect it are responsible for its quality.

Here the school is not completely closed.

“We really go, look and ask as a school, we can’t do anything else. A better day, the next worse.

It seems to me that “Bruneros” produces in the same way throughout Lithuania and some dissatisfaction arises in the same way “, – summed up the principal of the Užavaiai school in the Jonava district.

SFVS: We have not received any complaints.

Giedrė Čekanavičienė, Chief Food Inspector Specialist, Jonava Section of the Kaunas Department of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) 15 minutes He said there are no complaints about Brunera catering at present.

Without it, during the quarantine period, no inspections are carried out.

“Inspections are not carried out during quarantine, only on the basis of complaints, and this further values ​​the significance of that complaint, if it is possible to postpone that inspection to a scheduled inspection,” said the specialist.

Outside of quarantine, school canteens are inspected once a year if food is prepared on site and if no complaints are received.

If food in the cafeteria is not prepared, only delivered and distributed, SFVS inspections are conducted every two years.

What should be in the servings?

According to the description of the procedure for the organization of infant nutrition approved by the Minister of Health, the recommended products for food rations are the following:

vegetables; fruits cereal products (whole grain products, cereals, cereal products, bread products, etc.); legumes milk and dairy products (fermented dairy products, not heat-treated after fermentation); eggs; walnuts; lean meat; fish and fishery products; juice oils; soups drinking water and natural mineral water and spring (only for excursions).

It is forbidden to make perishable food rations.

When formulating food rations for longer periods (for example, during quarantine), it is recommended to change the composition of the food rations according to the needs of the children receiving the food rations.