Free and nutritious lunches are available in Central City for one month. Parents’ feedback has deteriorated. Members of Parliament requested that the subsidy for each meal be increased to 80 yuan.

Taichung City Councilor Hsieh Jia-yi said that she had received complaints from many parents that their children complained that the nutritious school lunches had become unpalatable.

It is one month since the launch of free nutritious lunches in Taichung City. Many council members are concerned today that many parents have repeatedly complained about the deterioration of the dishes and have raised questions about the quality. Councilor Chen Shuhua questioned that free nutritious lunches are newly launched in Taichung City, but next year Taichung's UNESCO budget expenditure will be reduced by 2.027 billion. She pointed out that Lu Xiuyan followed Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan's promotion of free nutritious lunches, but the supporting facilities are insufficient. She asked the council to make a side resolution to increase the lunch subsidy to 80 yuan per meal so that students can eat nutritiously and healthily. Education Secretary Jiang Weimin pointed out that a survey on lunch satisfaction and food waste was conducted in September. After collecting the data, scientific numbers will speak for themselves and schools and industry operators will be invited to meet to respond.

A month after the implementation of free nutritious lunches in Taichung City, many council members questioned the deteriorating quality of lunches. Chen Shuhua questioned that the budget for the new free nutritious lunches for next year is 2.94 billion yuan, but the city government’s education, science and cultural budget for next year is 2.77% less than this year, 2.027 billion yuan, which shows that the Lu city government is following Jiang Wanan’s trend and has no lunch support at all.

Chen Shuhua pointed out that according to the 2025 audit report, nearly half of Taichung school lunches failed to meet the standards in the categories of whole grains, fruits, dairy products, oils, nuts and seeds. In view of the frequent nutritional shrinkage and food safety problems after Taipei City’s free nutritious lunches were launched, it is required to increase Taichung City’s nutritious lunches to NT$80. Don’t let free nutritious lunches turn into poor quality.

City Councilor Hsieh Jia-yi also said that since the implementation of free nutritious lunches in Taichung in the new school year, many parents have complained that their children have complained that the lunches have become unpalatable, the portions have become smaller, the quality of the fruits has declined, etc., and they are worried that their children’s insufficient nutritional intake will affect their growth. She pointed out that the Taipei City Nutrition Council recently Problems with lunch food safety frequently arise, and the Education Bureau is required to ensure the safety of nutritious lunch food, and do prevention and monitoring. In the past, parents complained about the discrepancy between the meals and origins of the meals on the lunch platform and the actual meals provided. They also requested the Education Bureau to pay attention to prevent this from happening again.