Food Police: A preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch - which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips - did not have enough nutritional value

◼ NC preschooler’s “unhealthy” lunch replaced with cafeteria nuggets - FOX

The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her More at Four classroom when a U.S. Department of Agriculture 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 USDA 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.