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RAEFORD, N.C. -- A Hoke County mother says her preschooler's lunch was taken away because it wasn't nutritious enough.

According to the Carolina Journal, her mother packed a turkey sandwich, potato chips, a banana and apple juice. But the girl's mother says a state official at West Hoke Elementary School made her daughter buy chicken nuggets instead and sent the bill home saying her lunch didn't meet USDA guidelines.

The North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education says it did not have an employee or contractor in Hoke County involved in replacing any child's lunch.

"The Division of Child Development and Early Education has a policy to ensure that each child has access to nutritious meals," they said in a statement. "Our policy is to provide access to food, not to take food away."

The Department of Health and Human Services is looking into the case.

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