Beef will be back on the menu at schools across Lichfield and Burntwood after the half-term break, Staffordshire County Council has insisted.
The local authority confirmed that it had withdrawn products from school meals as a precautionary measure in the wake of the horse meat scandal.
County Councillor Mark Winnington insisted there had been no evidence of problem with the beef supplied to schools across the region.
“We have every confidence in our suppliers, however while this story continues to be in the news it seemed sensible to offer an alternative meal, where beef is not Farm Assured and sourced in the UK.
“As a council, we are committed to promoting and using local produce as much as possible and are currently expanding a pilot scheme in schools where only meat from Staffordshire farms is used and this is being rolled out across the county.
“While there is absolutely no suggestion that there is any problem with any of the beef supplied we wanted to take a belt and braces approach, but expect beef to be back on the menu after half-term.”