Recently, Chartwells Education Dining Services, a division of Compass Group Canada issued a news release stating that it is in full support of Premier McGuinty's announcement regarding the proposed ban of artificial trans fat in schools. We have been
working toward reducing the amount of artificial trans fat found in the foods we serve for the last two years. The following is a summary of the activities undertaken and underway in support of this important initiative:

1. Chartwells will be compliant with the recommendation* that oils and margarines contain less then 2% trans fat, by June 2008.

• We made the switch to compliant cooking oils a year ago. Since November 2006, we have eliminated more than 30 metric tonnes of trans fat from the cooking oils we serve.
• All margarines/spreads will be compliant by June 2008, as we are currently transitioning to meet target date. Once all margarines and spreads are completely switched to trans fat free products, this will reduce the amount of trans fat by another 42 metric tonnes annually.

2. For all other foods, Chartwells will be compliant with the recommendation* that the total trans fat content be limited to 5% of total fat content, by March 2009.

• Over the last six months, we have reviewed the products of all our food manufacturers. We have collected information regarding product ingredients, nutrition information and the food manufacturer's plans to reduce/eliminate trans fat content in their products.
• Currently we serve many products which have been switched to trans fat free formulations. Two examples include McCain potato products and Quaker muffins.
• We will release our Trans Fat Policy in April 2008.
• We will continue to work with food manufacturers to switch ALL applicable products to trans fat free formulations by March 2009 or to coincide with provincial ban in schools, if it is an earlier date.

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