North Carolina is the fifth-largest peanut grower in the U.S., yet peanut-allergy nazis have persuaded even officials in that state to crack down on PB&Js.
Take Union County Public Schools, the fastest-growing school district in the Tar Heel state. Officials there recently sent letters home to parents asking that they no longer pack peanut-butter sandwiches or cookies in their kids’ lunches.
If they abide by the restriction, a certificate with their child’s name will be placed on display at their school “in acknowledgment of the voluntary commitment to safety your family has made.”
The district’s also shaming parents into washing their kids’ hands in the morning before they go on the bus, lest they transfer the dangerous peanut molecule and endanger a seat mate.
The move isn’t isolated to North Carolina. It’s a national trend. Other states have banned peanuts altogether from schools, while others have created peanut-free zones within schools.
A Washington lobbyist group is behind the anti-peanut push. It’s stalking schools with fears about children going into anaphylactic shock if they so much as touch something peanutty.
