The health of our students is an important aspect of community life at Blessed Sacrament.
Here are some links, telephone numbers and snack/lunch information that may be useful to you:
CarSeat Safety Clinics: 416-808-2222
Dental Emergency Services: 416-485-7121
Immunization Information Line: 416-392-1250
MediVisit DRs' Housecall Service: 416-631-3000
OHIP INFOline: 416-314-5518
Poison Information Line: 416-813-5900
Product Safety Office (Health Canada): 416-973-4705
Telehealth Ontario: 1-866-797-0000
Toronto Public Health: 416-338-7600
Effective September 18, 2008, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced
Bill 8, Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008. This bill includes a prohibition on trans fat content in food and beverages (or ingredients used in their preparation) sold in a school must meet the prescribed amounts of trans fat:
the trans fat content in vegetable oil and soft, spreadable margarine must not exceed 2% for the total fat content
for all other food, beverages and ingredients, the trans fat content must not exceed 5% of the total fat content
The trans fat limits apply to all food and beverages sold in elementary and secondary schools for school purposes but do not apply to food that students bring from home.
The regulation states that a school principal may designate up to 10 school-wide special event days per year when food and beverages sold in the school would be exempt from the trans fat prohibition.
This is part of the overall plan to develop healthier schools (research has shown that a healthy school environment enhances learning and success in school and provides academic, social, emotional and physical benefits.
The lunch program from Pizza Pizza and Quiznos meet the regulation requirements.
Please note that all bulk foods, Nutella, mini size cookies, sandwich Ritz and M and M's products are unsafe.
Fruits (Apples, bananas, grapes, kiwi, mango, melons, oranges, pears, strawberries) and canned fruit
Fruit dips (chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding, yogurt)
Fruit sauces (apple, etc.), individual yogurts and puddings
Fruit leather (roll-ups)
Vegetables (Broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumber, green or red peppers, zucchini)
Vegetable dips (bean dip, cream cheese, guacamole, hummus, sour cream, tomato salsa, tzatziki)
Arrowroots
Bear Paws
Cheese Dip-its
Cheeto's Cheesies
Christie's Animal Crackers
Christie's Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip
Christie's Dinosaur cookies
Christie's Fudgee-o's
Christie's Oreos (regular, not mini)
Christie's Pretzels
Christie's Scooby-do's crackers
Dunkeroos
Frito Lays and Hostess Plain/Ruffled Chips
Frito Lays Cheesies
Hot Rod Pepperoni Sticks
Jello
Kellogg's Milkcrunch bars (plain or chocolate)
Kellogg's Pop tarts
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares (plain)
Nutragrain Bars (plain fruit flavours)
Pita Pockets
Popcorn
Pringle's Potato Chips
Smart Food
Snackwells
Sun Ripe Fruit Leathers
Teddy Grahams
CRACKERS:
Christie Crispers
Goldfish
Premium Saltines
Rice Cakes
Ritz (original; sandwich Ritz are unsafe)
Snackbread
Triscuits
Vegetable Thins
Cheerios (regular)
Corn Bran
Corn Flakes
Corn Pops
Fruit Loops
Honeycomb
Raisin Bran
Rice Krispies
Shreddies
Eggs (hard boiled)
Cheese and crackers
Pasta dishes (home-made or beefaroni cans)
Salads (coleslaw, macaroni salad, 3-bean salad, carrot salad, etc)
Pizza buns, mini pizzas or baked cheese sticks
Soups (home-made or alphabet, chicken noodle, cream of celery, tomato)
Sandwichs (filled with egg salad, tuna, ham, chicken, meatballs, hummus, sliced meats, tomato using pita bread, soft flour tortillas, buns, crackers, melba toast, sub buns, rye, pumpernickel, or whole grain bread).