DepED Order No. 8, s. 2007 establishing Revised Implementing Guidelines on the Operation and Management of School Canteens in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.

These guidelines aim to rationalize the operation and management of school canteens in the public school system and to ensure that: The school canteen shall help eliminate malnutrition among pupils/students; The school canteen shall serve as a venue for the development of desirable eating habits of pupils/students; The school canteen shall serve as a laboratory for Home Economics, retail trade and in the incidental teaching of health and nutrition. The school canteen guidelines shall serve as a mechanism to support the Department's response to the mandate of art. 2 of Republic Act No. 6938 to create an atmosphere that is conducive to the growth and development of cooperatives. Service should be the main consideration for operating a school canteen. Reporting and accounting of the proceeds from the operation of a school canteen shall be made by the parties concerned to emphasize transparency and accountability. These guidelines shall apply to school canteens operating in public elementary and secondary schools of the Department of Education.