Brussels, 21/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - In 2010/2011, more than eight million children and 54,000 schools benefited from the programme for the distribution of fruit in schools, according to the report on the implementation of this scheme which was published by the European Commission on 18 December. Only Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom opted not to implement it.
Although it is too early to judge the long-term impact of the programme, which started in autumn 2009, the short-term...