Rebisco and DepEd boost Public School Canteens in Pasay City with Best Practices Competition

In a significant step towards supporting public school canteens across the Philippines, Rebisco

was able to improve and rehabilitate more than 60 school canteens through its school canteen

dress-up project from 2022 to 2024. Following this success, we further strengthened our

commitment with public schools by looking into the operations of canteens specific to food

safety.

The school canteen is the second dining area of school children, and Rebisco believes that

school canteens should have standards on food safety and quality. We introduced an inter-school

competition called “The Best in Public School Canteen Practices," to promote food safety

in canteens. The pilot implementation was in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division Office of Pasay City, where 28 public schools in the division were

invited to participate.

Moreover, to further support DepEd on school health and nutrition programs in the school

canteens, Rebisco strives to develop products with fortification, by complying with the DepEd

Order No. 13 s. 2017 on food product categorization.

Rebisco will continue to be a key partner of DepEd in promoting nutrition and food safety in

public schools. By combining infrastructure improvements and operational enhancements in

public school canteens, Rebisco upholds its position as a strong partner in advancing shared

goals for education.

Congratulations to our teams for collaborating together to achieve this successful event!