A blanket ban on vending machines is among a number of tough new measures for ACT public schools laid out in a draft policy released on Monday.
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The release follows ACT Council of P&C Association's vocal opposition to the timing of the ban of soft drinks at ACT public school canteens - planned for the end of 2014.
The new policy goes further by ousting vending machines altogether as well as barring chocolates, chips and fatty foods from tuck shops, and prohibiting junk food as student rewards.
School teachers will also be "encouraged" to get behind the policy and avoid gobbling down sugary food in view of students.
The traffic light system - already in force nationally - will be used to class foods available in canteens.
"Red" junk food will not be allowed on menus, "amber" foods such as big milk cartons and some hot foods are allowed but cannot be promoted and "green" healthy vegetables, yoghurt and fruit are to be promoted and encouraged.
Contracts between schools and canteen operators will also be subject to regular menu reviews to ensure they are in line with the policy.
The new rules will have some exceptions however - birthday cakes normally in the "red" zone will be allowed, so too will fundraising bake sales, but they will be limited to once a term.
Food tech cooking classes are also off the hook, with students still allowed to taste test "red" zone items they bake.
The ACT government has long had healthy food policies in its public schools but rising childhood obesity rates have seen the ACT government move towards more binding measures.
In 2013, data from the Council of Australian Governments showed a record 63 per cent of Canberrans and one in four children were overweight or obese.
In February the government announced sugary drinks were to be taken out of vending machines at all government schools by the end of term one, and soft drinks removed from schools altogether by the end of this year.
In the same month the government also announced a $2.2 million grants program for organisations running health programs to tackle obesity.
ACT Education and Training Minister Joy Burch said the new policy will help develop a healthy food and drink culture in public schools that "will make it easier for children to make good food and drink choices, not just at school but throughout their life".
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has previously spoken of the difficulty in pushing through measures aimed at reducing obesity in the ACT.
She said in July that getting her Healthy Weight Action Plan through the bureaucracy had been "incredibly difficult" and the war on obesity was akin to the decades-long struggle against tobacco.
ACT Council of P&C Association president Viv Pearce expressed fears last week that school canteens would suffer financially under the changes and needed a longer transition period as well as a detailed school education program.
The policy will now be open to community comment and a final version is to be launched in early 2015, according to a statement from Ms Burch.