The Ministry of Health's ban on chips in school canteens, published on 8 October 2026, is a step in the right direction. One in three Jordanian students aged 13–17 is overweight or obese, and in private schools the overweight rate reaches 42.5%. To last, the ban should be made more specific: tied to measurable nutrition criteria on the label, not to the word "chips". The Jordan Chamber of Industry's concern for 40 factories and about 4,000 workers is legitimate. A similar ban was reversed in 2018 because it rested on a vague distinction between "natural" and flavoured chips. Clear limits on sodium, saturated fat, sugar and calories would protect students and give manufacturers a fair, objective target to meet. ISDI proposes a transition, not a retreat: The Ministry of Health replaces the general ban on "chips" with nutrition criteria per 100 g, including a measurable sodium limit, so any snack that meets them can be sold, and any that does not is banned. Factories reformulate existing products or open new lines to make healthy snacks in Jordan: baked, roasted, air-fried or freeze-dried. JEDCO finances the new equipment, while existing freeze-drying capacity, such as Dar Abu Abdullah's, supports the first production runs. The government applies a reduced sales tax to approved healthy school snacks made in Jordan, with no price subsidy and no new spending. Factories source from Jordanian farms, giving growers a new buyer for surplus and grade-B produce. The Ministry of Health opens the parallel issue of popular restaurants so that food-related tax policy points in the same direction as health policy.