School Lunch: Preschooler Told Homemade Turkey Sandwich Not Nutritious Enough, Given Nuggets Instead

[renie408]

95. Is there another article that you got that information from? Cause what I read...

didn't specifically say that. It IMPLIED it. Also included in the article was the outline for the program which was as follows: "The regulations also state that if meals or snacks brought from home do not meet nutritional requirements outlined in the "Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care," the school "must provide additional food necessary to meet those requirements.""

Obviously it is the intention of the program to SUPPLEMENT inadequate lunches brought from home. As the poster who argued with you AT LENGTH upthread tried to point out, just because as single cafeteria worker out of the entire state of NC made a mistake, that doesn't mean this is a terrible program. And we are all, again, ASSUMING that the inspector made a mistake. As the poster said in post #83, if the 'turkey and cheese' sandwich consisted of a slice of Buddig turkey, a half a slice of processed cheese goop on Bunny bread, it didn't meet the criteria of a healthy lunch.

Children's BRAINS don't function optimally without proper nutrition. And without proper nutrition they run the risk of developmental setbacks, etc. Why would anyone object to an effort to insure that ALL children, even those from families who don't understand proper nutrition, eat a healthy lunch at school?

Oh, that's right. I forgot. It's the damned gubbermint telling us what to do.