"As of July 15, the pool of subjects who are ready to provide hot meals from September 1 is 58 subjects," TASS quotes him.
Rodionov made the corresponding statement during his speech at the All-Russian online forum "About food", dedicated to the organization of school meals in the country.
Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor gave a number of recommendations on how to organize meals in schools.
On June 22, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on free meals for younger students.