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Nanny state report: NC school officials confiscate preschooler’s homemade lunch

By Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller 

CHICAGO - JUNE 24: Children eat breakfast at the start of a day camp program at Casa Juan Diego St. Pius V Youth Center June 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

CHICAGO – JUNE 24: Children eat breakfast at the start of a day camp program at Casa Juan Diego St. Pius V Youth Center June 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A North Carolina elementary school forced a preschool student to eat cafeteria chicken nuggets for lunch on Jan. 30 after officials reportedly determined that her homemade meal wasn’t up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s standards for healthfulness, according to a report from the Carolina Journal.

The newspaper reported that the four-year-old girl brought a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, potato chips and apple juice in her packed lunch from home. That meal didn’t meet with approval from the government agent who was on site inspecting kids’ lunches that day.

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