# Food police **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970 "2012-02-15T21:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/41 "2012-02-16T14:00:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Hell, by that standard, the SDMB could be described as a “news outlet”. "Today, Moderators at the SDMB forced posters to eat a lunch consisting of a live squirrel, cow’s eyeballs, and dirt to comply with directives from Cecil Adams that every poster have a healthy lunch. Claims that Czarcasm was seen covering his mouth with his hands and chuckling loudly in the background and that Miller was seen handing GFactor a $20 bill after Giraffe at the entire lunch in under a minute (“not as bad as a urinal sandwich” he was heard to retort) were unconfirmed at press time. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/42 "2012-02-16T14:24:50Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > "Today, Moderators at the SDMB forced posters to eat a lunch consisting of a live squirrel, cow’s eyeballs, and dirt to comply with directives from Cecil Adams that every poster have a healthy lunch. Claims that Czarcasm was seen covering his mouth with his hands and chuckling loudly in the background and that Miller was seen handing GFactor a $20 bill after Giraffe at the entire lunch in under a minute (“ **not as bad as a urinal sandwich** ” he was heard to retort) were unconfirmed at press time. I believe the phrase you’re looking for is “urinal mint”. ---
**Author:** ![Condescending\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/43 "2012-02-16T16:06:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No, I’m convinced it’s a fiction because the law doesn’t support any lunch inspections, nor give anyone the right to take food away from any child, nor demand that the child eat anything, nor charge a parent for the food. According to the blog which is your own source, three of the four things you just said are not in the law are in the law. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/44 "2012-02-16T16:24:24Z")
> [@Condescending\_Robot](#): > > According to the blog which is your own source, three of the four things you just said are not in the law are in the law. Cite? Show me. Bring facts. Assertions are not facts. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/45 "2012-02-16T16:25:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Neither of the two posters above me appear to have the least bit of knowledge about what actually happened in the incident in question, nor why it happened. Save us all a lot of time and just take them both down to the quarry and throw them in. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/46 "2012-02-16T16:34:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I believe the phrase you’re looking for is “urinal mint”. Nope. He meant [urinal sandwich.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=190370) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/47 "2012-02-16T17:11:06Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Nope. He meant [urinal sandwich.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=190370) Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! That’s from before my time on the Dope; thanx for the link! Urinal sandwich it is! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/48 "2012-02-16T18:37:43Z")
[USDA: NC Preschooler’s Meal Was Not ‘Replaced,’ Mom Was Never Charged Fee](http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-preschoolers-meal-was-not-replaced-mom-was-never-charged-fee-20120216,0,5771122.story) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/49 "2012-02-16T18:44:18Z")
> [@Condescending\_Robot](#): > > You’re convinced it was a fiction because someone on a blog said so. Well, no, just speaking for myself here, I’m convinced it’s a fiction because the department that administers the program in question says it is: [Quote=] [UPDATE: The North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education has released a statement confirming much of what I wrote above, but also adding some additional clarification. According to the statement, the division has: “determined that no employee of DHHS, nor the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) or its contractors, instructed any child to replace or remove any meal items. Furthermore, it is not DHHS’ policy to inspect, go through or question any child about food items brought from home. The facts we have gathered confirm that no DHHS employee or contractor did this.” [/Quote] A link to a fucking copy of the fucking statement is right fucking there in the fucking article, for fuck’s sake. Look, I’m as wary of blogs as the next guy, but if a story has citations to back it up, I’m willing to accpet that it is probably true. If you still believe your’re being lied to, by multiple sources, for some obscure reason, you are free to present some evidence that this is so. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/50 "2012-02-16T19:29:35Z")
Here’s the thing, you have reality as we adults perceive it, and what a 4 year old girl perceives, which are often quite different. The adults in charge of the school make a carefully crafted PR statement that they did not tell her “to replace or remove any meal items.” The child sees an adult tell her that her meal isn’t good enough and she needs to get something from the cafeteria, so she doesn’t eat the “bad food” her parents gave her, and eats a few “good” chicken nuggets from the cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/51 "2012-02-16T19:32:54Z")
It doesn’t matter whether this event actually happened or not. Gratuitous recreational righteous indignation is **FUN** , and there isn’t anything better on TV at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/52 "2012-02-16T20:10:37Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > The child sees an adult tell her that her meal isn’t good enough and she needs to get something from the cafeteria, so she doesn’t eat the “bad food” her parents gave her, and eats a few “good” chicken nuggets from the cafeteria. Did the child write the article? 'Cause that would explain a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/53 "2012-02-16T20:16:32Z")
> [@Condescending\_Robot](#): > > Couldn’t happen, didn’t happen, must be made up, everything fine in the nanny state. It seems the nanny state is North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/54 "2012-02-16T23:03:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [USDA: NC Preschooler’s Meal Was Not ‘Replaced,’ Mom Was Never Charged Fee](http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-preschoolers-meal-was-not-replaced-mom-was-never-charged-fee-20120216,0,5771122.story) Did you read the article? In full? Because this (particularly the last part): > [@](#): > > Bruce Alexander, director of communications and governmental affairs with the USDA, said Wednesday the person inspecting lunches was a “North Carolina Education staff member conducting a review of the child care center.” > > The review, which took place on Jan. 30, was part of the state’s ‘Star Rated’ licensing program, Alexander said. The program is designed to provide parents with a rating of child care centers across the state, including the nutritional content of the meals consumed by children. > > “A teacher apparently was nervous during this state review and mishandled the situation,” Alexander said. does not suggest that there was no swap-out. You are right that they indicated that the parent was not charged a fee. I don’t think that the fee was the gravamen of the complaint though. Look, I don’t think there’s any nefarious plot by North Carolina to enforce its will on home-packed lunches throughout the realm, although one does wonder why the teacher thought it was appropriate to do this. The worry, of course, is that in the educational profession, norms are developing that favor school intervention in parenting decisions to a greater extent than we wish to accept. Time will tell, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/55 "2012-02-17T04:44:21Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > … The worry, of course, is that in the educational profession, norms are developing that favor school intervention in parenting decisions to a greater extent than we wish to accept. Time will tell, I guess. Yeah, I heard about this same kinda thing happening to a kid in New Jersey. He was in kindergarten or pre-k and his Mother sent him to school with a slice of home-made poundcake with a schmear of jelly for snack time. The Mother got a rather nasty call from the teacher claiming that that wasn’t an appropriate snack! :eek: Oh wait, that kid was,me and I was born in 1963! Time will tell indeed. :rolleyes: CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/56 "2012-02-17T10:59:31Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > It seems the nanny state is North Carolina. Oh, well then, North Carolina. It’s not been long since we took the cigarettes off the school lunch program, and some people have swung too far the other way. It’ll settle out in a couple of oscillations. ---
**Author:** ![IntelliQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/57 "2012-02-18T00:14:12Z")
[Not an isolated incident.](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exclusive-2nd-n-c-mother-says-daughters-school-lunch-replaced-for-not-being-healthy-enough/) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/58 "2012-02-18T00:26:48Z")
> [@IntelliQ](#): > > [Not an isolated incident.](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exclusive-2nd-n-c-mother-says-daughters-school-lunch-replaced-for-not-being-healthy-enough/) I am instantly suspicious of any account by anyone stupid enough to name their daughter “Jazlyn.” ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/59 "2012-02-18T00:35:10Z")
> [@IntelliQ](#): > > [Not an isolated incident.](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exclusive-2nd-n-c-mother-says-daughters-school-lunch-replaced-for-not-being-healthy-enough/) Comments from article\*: > [@](#): > > Better wake up folks. It’s Odumbo German Nazi Communist manifesto. They are trying to make this country like Nazi Germany!!! > [@](#): > > Hey, what if it was that they really want to shut off power plants so they can turn them into ovens? Stranger things have happened. > [@](#): > > With all these example of facsist political policies coming from the left…..THEIR CORE STILL BELIEVES IT’S THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE FASCIST. > Maybe it falls under that same catagory as racism…ONLY WHITE CAN BE RACIST AND ONLY REPUBLICAN CAN BE FASCIST. > [@](#): > > Something a little more pressing. Go to the Obamacare bill pdf / section/ food and drug Administration/ > easiest to find by page number. Describes a class II device to be implanted in everyone for Medical history. Mark of the beast. Page 1502-1503 7-8 pages. > [@](#): > > I neither article on this subject did I see Who these inspectors worked for. These “Inspectors” could taint the food, and I know this is farfetched, but could Poison the food. Who do they work for?? It‘s not that I don’t trust the Gov, BUT I DON”T > [@](#): > > I bet parents will really be upset, when their child’s lunch starts getting replaced with government approved, soylent green. > [@](#): > > Looks like a phedophile just needs to walk on schools campus and if challenged just say they are food cops and have axcess to the kids while checking their lunches. These are pre-K so most won’t know if they are molested – shame on N. Carolina. But of course Obama had to make some jobs to get reelected. \*comments unchanged in any way. names removed to protect the stupid ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970/60 "2012-02-18T00:36:09Z")
> [@IntelliQ](#): > > [Not an isolated incident.](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exclusive-2nd-n-c-mother-says-daughters-school-lunch-replaced-for-not-being-healthy-enough/) Isn’t The Blaze Glenn Beck’s website? I wouldn’t exactly call that an accurate source. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970.md?page=4)