A senior Dundee councillor is to quiz Tayside Contracts about the use of chicken imported from Thailand in school dinners.
The Courier revealed chicken from Thailand is being used in Angus, Dundee and Perthshire schools while prisoners’ meals are sourced from a Scottish “master butcher”.
There is no Scottish chicken at all in school meals in Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Glasgow or Edinburgh, according to the Freedom of Information responses.
Willie Sawers, deputy convener of Dundee City Council’s policy and resources committee, said: “I was unaware of the serving of Thai chicken in our schools until it was brought to my attention by The Courier.
“I will be contacting Tayside Contracts to discuss this matter.”
The Courier called Perth and Kinross Council leader Ian Miller about the process, but a spokesman said no investigation would be conducted into the process as officials “don’t see the need”.
Despite multiple attempts to contact him by phone, Angus Council leader Iain Gaul failed to respond to Courier questions over the issue at the time of going to press.
Tayside Contracts managing director Iain Waddell has said it sourced its meat through the Scottish Excel Contract and tried to find local foods where possible.
Some 75% of beef in Tayside schools is Scottish, with the rest from other parts of the UK.
More than three-quarters of pork is from Scotland, with the rest from the “UK and EU”.