Petition

Make Coeliac Disease Training Mandatory for All School Kitchen Staff

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it mandatory for all school kitchen staff to receive training on coeliac disease, gluten-free food safety and cross-contamination, to ensure meals provided to children with coeliac disease are safe and handled correctly.
Children with coeliac disease must follow a strict gluten-free diet, and even small amounts of gluten can cause harm. While general food safety training exists, there is no consistent requirement for specific coeliac training. This can lead to mistakes in food preparation and cross-contamination. Families need confidence that school meals are safe. Mandatory training would improve safety, consistency and understanding.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We already have a petition open on mandatory coeliac awareness training for all catering establishments (which would include schools). This petition is doing quite well, and you may wish to sign it and share it more widely:

Coeliac disease awareness training to be mandatory for all catering industries

Timeline

17 Apr 2026 Petition opened for signatures
13 May 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 May 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.