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A Hoke County preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value, according to a report by the Carolina Journal.
The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her More at Four classroom when a state agent who was inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, the Journal reports.
The decision was made under consideration of a regulation put in place by the the Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs to meet USDA guidelines.
When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones, the Journal reports.
The students mother told the Journal she received a note from the school about the incident and was charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter only ate three chicken nuggets.
Read more: Preschooler's Homemade Lunch Replaced With Nuggets | Fox News
Oh brother. Let the babies go hungry. It is for their own good.