​The opinion of Mr Žagunis on the aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments was adopted by the Members of the CoR's Commission NAT unanimously during the last meeting in Ponta Delgada, Azores on 5 June 2014. Both school schemes were established in order to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetable and milk products. Apart from their economic importance, they are beneficial in the public health context and are suitable for distribution to school children. Despite different health and agricultural promotion efforts to increase consumption, the declining trends have not been reversed, showing certain weaknesses in the design and functioning.

Mr Žagunis is critical of the proposal under the new scheme to limit milk distribution to drinking milk, and considers that minimally-processed milk products without harmful additives – natural (unsweetened) milk products such as yoghurt or fresh cheeses – should also be eligible for aid. Accordingly, he suggests,in view of the diversity existing within Europe, considering the introduction of additional criteria on which to base national allocations for the school milk and fruit scheme.