Submitted by Stephen Germeney on Tuesday 21st October 2025
Published on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Current Signatures: 660
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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animal welfare ~ Animals ~ billions ~ Children ~ deforestation ~ disease ~ Driving ~ End ~ environment ~ FARMS ~ Freedom ~ Global ~ Hearts ~ Industry ~ Mandatory ~ Meals ~ Meat ~ Obese ~ PIGS ~ Regulations ~ Remove ~ risk ~ Rule ~ school meals ~ Schools ~ sustainability ~ weeks ~ Welfare
End the mandatory meat requirement in English school meals
Remove the mandatory requirement in the Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014 requiring maintained schools and academies to serve meat or poultry three days per week. We believe this rule conflicts with environmental goals and health guidance on reducing meat consumption.
High meat consumption can increase the risk of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes in children. It is estimated that animal agriculture generates 14.5% of global greenhouse emissions and can drive deforestation. It can cause immense animal suffering—billions of chickens, pigs, and cattle confined in factory farms before slaughter. This regulation requires schools to support an industry which we feel is harmful to health, environment, and animal welfare. Schools should have freedom to serve sustainable, compassionate meals.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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