Jamie Oliver criticises Michael Gove for 'eroding' progress on school dinners

TV chief told to leave academia to ignore the nutritional guidelines could be disastrous for young people, one third are obese

Jamie Oliver has criticized Michael Gove, the education secretary, to "undermine" norms healthy eating in schools. The head of television has expressed concern that schools are not required to register Academy Food Standards introduced by the previous government.

He asked parents to say Gove not change the rules, and warned that abandoning their part would be a disaster. Oliver told the BBC: "The little work we have done, which is the law was a good bit of work for any government to erode, which is essentially what Mr. Gove did - in his opinion is that schools do what they want ..

"I think ambition is a wonderful, everyone is going to be great, but administrators are more than ever, driven, which should more than ever. Now, they must be catering business and everything else you need to do.

"The rules are really there to keep everyone in the game. There are a lot of paperwork, in fact it is and what it does, which is essentially the future of our country is really important. "

Over two fifths of children in primary schools and one third of high school students opt for school meals, according to latest official figures. Adoption has grown since the revolution of school feeding was initiated by Olivier six years ago when he campaigned to improve the quality of the canteen. He won broad public support and led to strict guidelines for nutrition meals, which were introduced in primary and secondary schools in 2008 in the year 2009.

• But the academies, which are semi-independent public schools are not required to register and, since last year, the government allowed any school to apply for academy status .

Oliver told the BBC: "I think parents should tell Mr. Gove that the rules are there for a reason, and not really all that the previous government did was wrong, they have Y. is a lot of good things not touch them. It could be a disaster. "

The chief explained that for 190 days a year from the age of four, many children have breakfast and lunch at school. "The government is in control ... half of nutrition for your child, "he said.

He accused the Conservatives of "smart" the erosion of standards to allow schools to opt out. Oliver told BBC Breakfast: "I think the Conservatives have been very smart, because if you just left and said," We take the rules "... what they did is that they are actively, aggressively pushing the academies, which is the third part of all our schools, and have no obligation at all. "

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