about Eat Smart! for workplaces

Healthy employees are the most important business asset!

The original Eat Smart! Ontario’s Healthy Restaurant Program promotes restaurants that meet exceptional standards in nutrition, food safety and smoke-free dining. The Eat Smart! Workplace Cafeteria Program offers the advantages of the restaurant program to the workplace, thereby increasing knowledge and recognition of the program.

The workplace cafeteria program supports healthy environments through the provision of another dining venue that has safe food handling, healthier food choices and a smoke-free environment by qualifying the workplace on a set of three (3) criteria:

1. Healthy Food Choices - the Facility must provide a variety of healthier food
   choices, on the menu and by request, including whole grains, vegetables and fruit, lower fat options and substitutions;
2. Food Safety - the Facility must have an excellent track record in food safety based on the requirements of Ontario’s Food Premises Regulation and at least one fulltime kitchen employee certified in safe food handling; and
3. 100% smoke free dining - the Facility must be in compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (2005) and not sell tobacco products or accessories.

   There are currently 147 Eat Smart! workplaces in the province of Ontario

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