Jiang Wanan said he would be happy to see free lunches follow up. Huang Weizhe responded: Making nutritious lunches is the most important thing

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wa-An said on the 30th that he was happy to see Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe follow up with free nutritious lunches after "hesitating". Huang Weizhe responded by saying that Chiang Wanzhe took the lead in promoting free lunches. "Since we are going to do it, we must do it well." Don't have disputes over the size and quantity of fruits. Then there will be problems such as students' physical discomfort and food waste disposal. When something goes wrong, they will go to the school to inspect and use a "salinity meter" to measure the saltiness. He said bluntly: "I sincerely hope that Mayor Jiang Wanan can prepare nutritious lunches. It is useless no matter how much you talk, just do it well."

Huang Weizhe said that the financial conditions of Tainan and Taipei are different. When the mayor promotes policies, he must consider whether they are sustainable and whether the finances can afford them. Therefore, they have indeed gone through careful evaluation. "Yes, I hesitated for a long time before considering following up." However, from the announcement of the policy in Taipei to the decision in Tainan, there was actually only a few days apart. The most important thing is not the length of time for policy evaluation, nor the saltiness or sweetness, but the government's attitude towards children.

He emphasized that policies can be carefully evaluated, but Tainan's control of the safety and quality of nutritious lunches did not start after the decision to make them free, but has been done for a long time. "Whether it is charged or free, we must make nutritious lunches good. Free does not mean that we can sacrifice quality."

Huang Weizhe pointed out that the self-service lunch rate of Tainan schools reached 94.5%. There are 57 central kitchens in the city, supplying 163 schools, and the joint feeding rate is 81%. In the past eight years, 25 professional nutritionists have been hired, and there are currently 78 nutritionists to assist with menu review and nutrition education. More than 700 million yuan has been invested to improve kitchen hardware and equipment.

In addition, Tainan also incorporates "whether children like to eat and whether they finish eating" into lunch quality management. Through careful meal preparation, menu adjustment and food waste weighing feedback, the average daily food waste in the city's schools has dropped from 8,100 kilograms to 4,650 kilograms, a reduction of about 43%. This year, eight schools have been subsidized to pilot smart food waste processing equipment.

This air-to-air confrontation started over the nutritious lunch controversy at Jinhua Junior High School in Beishi City. Jiang Wanan went to the school to inspect the school on the 29th and took a "salinity meter" to test the lunch. Huang Weizhe later posted that "What we are busy with is the attitude of nutritious lunches, not the saltiness or sweetness." Jiang Wanan said today that of course he will do basic checks and tests, and he is also happy to see Huang Weizhe follow up on the free nutritious lunch policy "after a period of hesitation."