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Nanny State

Brickbat: Banned in Colchester

Charles Oliver | 6.17.2015 6:00 AM

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The Cherry Tree Primary School in Colchester, England, has directed teachers to look through students' lunches and make sure their parents haven't sent scotch eggs or Peparami sausages for them to eat. Officials say those foods aren't healthy.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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