Food police really exist!!!

http://www.nccivitas.org/2012/state-inspectors-searching-childrens-lunch-boxes-this-isnt-china-is-it/

A mother in Hoke County complains her daughter was forced to eat a school lunch because a government inspector determined her home-made lunch did not meet nutrition requirements. In fact, all of the students in the NC Pre-K program classroom at West Hoke Elementary School in Raeford had to accept a school lunch in addition to their lunches brought from home.

NC Pre-K (before this year known as More at Four) is a state-funded education program designed to “enhance school readiness” for four year-olds.

The mother, who doesn’t wish to be identified at this time, says she made her daughter a lunch that contained a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips. A state inspector assessing the pre-K program at the school said the girl also needed a vegetable, so the inspector ordered a full school lunch tray for her. While the four-year-old was still allowed to eat her home lunch, the girl was forced to take a helping of chicken nuggets, milk, a fruit and a vegetable to supplement her sack lunch.

The mother says the girl was so intimidated by the inspection process that she was too scared to eat all of her homemade lunch. The girl ate only the chicken nuggets provided to her by the school, so she still didn’t eat a vegetable.

Find out what happened at the link.

This is exactly what some mean when they complain about how the government is getting too concerned with the food going into the belly, and not being concerned enough about the food going into the mind. It also puts a lie to the theory that if you don't like what the school is doing/serving/etc, pack a lunch for your child. WHY??? The government seems to have a way around that as well!!!

What is your opinion on having food police at your child's school, checking the food that you pack for your child? Would you be OK with food police at YOUR child's school?

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Asked by 29again at 12:38 AM on Feb. 15, 2012 in Politics & Current Events

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I teach in a school system on NC. We have discussed this a lot this week. General consensus - someone is in trouble. It is illegal search and seizure. We can't figure out the regulation they used to take the lunch, moreover, who was the state inspector who would have been in the school. We don't have 'state inspectors' who come to the school, ask a kid who has a lunch box what is in it, look in it, or even speaks to the students. If the story is true, someone is in trouble.

Answer by jesse123456 at 7:34 PM on Feb. 16, 2012
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I think it's ridiculous that they check homemade lunches but, serve chicken nuggets, really???

Answer by 3libras at 12:51 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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Things just get more absurd, every day...

Answer by agentwanda at 1:00 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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right cause a chicken nugget is so much better, and a vegetable thats probably packed with who knows what seasoning, butter etc etc....ugh

Answer by Princess_s21 at 1:16 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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No i really wouldn't.. i understand why but that money funding the school police can go to something better like maybe education..

Answer by mommys2cupcakes at 12:53 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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*facepalm* I'm speechless.

Answer by SpiritedWitch at 12:56 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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uuuuuhhh.... I am not looking forward to my son being in school..... I hate hearing things like this

Answer by JaxonsMomma22 at 1:10 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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I believe there should be inspetors to police the food that the school serves. You can not really police what a child will actually eat. If you want an eye opener go to the school and stand near the trash bins. A low guestimate is the 80% of the food a child gets from the caffeteria goes in the trash. This is across the board. Those who are getting free lunches throw just as much if not more per tray as any one else. This is true in the free breakfast programs also.

This is only a ploy to get more revenue for the school. It has nothing to do with the nutrition of your child.

The government has no business in these matters.

Answer by Dardenella at 1:29 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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It's amazing how much time and effort people put into paying that close attention to what others do. My kids take school to lunch almost every day. Never heard a complaint. I think the only things that they request that you send are healthy foods and a snack (like a cookie or small sweet) is okay once in a while as well. I have seen how the students eat only one or two things on the school lunch tray and then they toss the rest. Even if it's being served, it doesn't mean it's getting eaten.

Answer by QuinnMae at 10:18 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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I think that about sums it up. ;)

Wow, a government entity with nothing better to do that stir up more stupidity. Shocking.

Answer by ldmrmom at 11:10 AM on Feb. 15, 2012
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