What? No more junk food in schools?

From today's ArabNews, datelined

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Education has banned the sale of junk foods and sugary beverages at all public schools.

The banned items include cookies, chocolates, chips, chewing gum, power drinks, canned foods, fruit juices, carbonated drinks and meat dishes, including liver. The ban order also covers various kinds of pastries.

A few days ago, we got a suddenly-announced school holiday; perhaps they were softening us up before this blow. This roughly matches the standard in U.S. schools now. There is some reference in the article to encouraging resumption of government-provided free lunches at school as well.
And to think, one of my enterprising moments in high school was to establish a student council-run snack bar, selling donuts, candy bars, soda pop, all in the name of culinary freedom.
Our current school is partly under the aegis of the Ministry of Education -- some inspectors visited last month. But the food issue is a moot point, as we have no cafeteria/canteen: all students must bring their own lunches. The lower-school student council has started an occasional pizza day, to raise money; but I think that would pass muster with the Ministry's new declaration.
But I wonder why "liver" is singled out for banning -- what's wrong with liver?

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