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post #1 of 113
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Have you guys heard about the incident in Wake County,

where a 4 year olds lunch was taken away because it

wasn't USDA approved?  The mother had packed a turkey

and cheese sandwich, an apple, potato chips and apple

juice.  They took that lunch away from him? somad.gif

What will they take next?

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post #2 of 113

Link, please.

 

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give me a minute, not very computer savvy

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post #4 of 113
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post #5 of 113
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post #6 of 113

Thanks. That is outrageous! The nuggets they forced her to eat were about 100 steps down in nutrition from the lunch she had packed from home. Astounding, but this is what it's coming to-we have no right to feed our children what we know is good for them without gov't interference. Good thing it wasn't my child or there would have been more than a few articles written about the war at the school.

 

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post #7 of 113
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Originally Posted by speckledhen View Post

Thanks. That is outrageous! The nuggets they forced her to eat were about 100 steps down in nutrition from the lunch she had packed from home. Astounding, but this is what it's coming to-we have no right to feed our children what we know is good for them without gov't interference. Good thing it wasn't my child or there would have been more than a few articles written about the war at the school.



I feel the same way.  Again, I ask  "What's next?"

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Dental assistant for 32 years:  Chickens don't have teeth
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post #8 of 113

This is the work of an a local official with a Napoleon complex.  It is not a USDA problem, it is a problem with an individual inspector, who didn't know the rules well enough to recognize that a sandwich and a banana met all the requirements for the meal.  This inspector was clearly on some sort of power trip.

 

Turkey = meat serving

cheese = milk serving

bread = grain

banana = fruit serving

apple juice = fruit serving

 

Small-minded, stupid people often exercise power poorly.  An this is what happened in this case.  The official should lose the job because s/he obviously couldn't understand the standard s/he was supposed to enforce.  Incompetence and power are not a pretty picture!

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see, prions really are eating my brain

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I'm a little teapot.....

 

see, prions really are eating my brain

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post #9 of 113
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Originally Posted by mom'sfolly View Post

This is the work of an a local official with a Napoleon complex.  It is not a USDA problem, it is a problem with an individual inspector, who didn't know the rules well enough to recognize that a sandwich and a banana met all the requirements for the meal.  This inspector was clearly on some sort of power trip.

 

Turkey = meat serving

cheese = milk serving

bread = grain

banana = fruit serving

apple juice = fruit serving

 

Small-minded, stupid people often exercise power poorly.  An this is what happened in this case.  The official should lose the job because s/he obviously couldn't understand the standard s/he was supposed to enforce.  Incompetence and power are not a pretty picture!

I agree the person should lose the job, but who hired them?

Someone trained them!
 


And, IMO, it's no ones business what I pack for my child for lunch.

So, with that said, why was there an inspector anyway?


Edited by cravenchx - 2/15/12 at 6:15am
3 RI, 4 black sex links, 1 beautiful golden sex link, 3 leghorns, 3 EE's

Dental assistant for 32 years:  Chickens don't have teeth
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Dental assistant for 32 years:  Chickens don't have teeth
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post #10 of 113

They have absolutely no right to make that decision unless they are USDA certified to do an inspection and have a license that allows them to do so.

These folks are idiots plain and simple.  poor kid. hugs.gif

 

I wouldn't eat a chicken nugget if it was to keep me from starving to death, i just do not eat processed foods because of all the crap they put into it.

 I am lucky that i have the room to raise just about all of my own food and know what i am eating instead of wondering whats in it..

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