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Via CBC:
A Manitoba mom is steamed after she packed lunches for her children in daycare and was slapped with a $10 fine for not including grains in the meal.
Kristen Bartkiw said the Rossburn area daycare supplemented her children’s meals with Ritz crackers and sent her children home with a note.
“I’m not against Ritz crackers on principle,” she said. “To have them once in a while is not the end of the world. But it’s just the idea that, according to their regulations, and this comes from the Canada Food Guide, Ritz crackers are considered a grain and the Canada Food Guide doesn’t really distinguish between natural, real foods and heavily processed foods like crackers.”
Bartkiw, who used to be on the board of her daycare, said the guidelines were implemented after the daycare director sounded the alarm about children showing up with inadequate lunches.
“They were sending stuff like just a Pizza pop, like every day for lunch. And no fruits, no vegetables,” she said.