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Article: The Assembly Government appears to have got itself in a bit of a pickle over sandwiches in our hospitals; Calls to abandon policy of vending 'healthy' snacks.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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Byline: Madeleine Brindley Health Editor
FOOD organisations have called for the scrapping of the Assembly Government's flagship scheme to remove unhealthy snacks from hospital vending machines.
The calls come after it emerged that a white bread sandwich filled with reformed ham would be acceptable under the new guidelines which ban unhealthy foods from the machine.
But a wholemeal cheese and tomato sandwich - regarded by most as the healthier option - falls foul of guidelines used to determine what snacks can be sold in hospitals.
The ...