Teachers across several states are patrolling hallways searching for students in possession of snack food contraband but there’s one hot & spicy treat that is Enemy Number One – Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

“We don’t allow candy, and we don’t allow Hot Cheetos,” Rita Exposito, principal of Jackson Elementary School in Pasadena, Calif., told the Chicago Tribune. “We don’t encourage other chips, but if we see Hot Cheetos, we confiscate them – sometimes after the child has already eaten most of them.”

Yes, you read that correctly. Teachers at Jackson Elementary school confiscate contraband bags of Cheetos.

A spokesman for the Pasadena School system told Fox News that the ban was part of a district-wide wellness policy – and that most of the guidelines come from the federal government.

The spokesman said during school hours they are responsible for the students – and that includes their health.

There are reports of similar Cheetos crackdowns in Illinois and New Mexico.

In Albuquerque, a seventh grade health teacher sent a letter to parents calling for a ban on the Frito-Lay product.

The teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson M idle School warned parents that Hot Cheetos are not only unhealthy but can also spread germs – because the students share their Cheetos. The teacher also complained to parents that the snack food is too messy.

“They have that red dye in them and the kids get that all over their hands and track it all over everything and the custodians have to clean it up,” Albuquerque Schools spokesman John Miller told Fox News. “They’re not big fans of that.”

For the record, Miller said there’s not a district-wide ban on Cheetos.

“She wanted to explain to them how they really aren’t very good for you,” he said, defending the teachers’ letter. “She broke down the fat content and calories. She wanted to share the information with the parents.”

Parents were also required to sign the letter and return it to the school.

“Cheetos are not banned,” he said. “The teacher encouraged the parents to watch the amount of snacks that go to school with kids – either in lunches or worse yet – as lunches.”

The Chicago Tribune reported that several charter schools – and the entire Rockford School District – have banned the snack food by name – because of nutritional concerns.

Frito-Lay released the following statement to Fox News:

“Frito-Lay is committed to responsible and ethical marketing practices, which includes not marketing our products to children ages 12 and under. We also do not decide which snacks are available on school campuses and do not sell snack products directly to schools.”

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I can understand weapons, drugs etc but Cheetos? The Liberal agenda at it's finest. We have kids fighting and doing drugs, teachers abusing students and the school authorities are playing snack food police.

with our child obesity rates, I cant find it in my heart to be upset about this one,,,

be fat at home,,,good for the schools in their attempt to promote a healthy environment,,,

I believe it has something to do with the high salt content,so i see nothing wrong with what they are doing ..after all it's all about the well being of the children..so ..right on!..

I'm glad I went to school during the 70's and 80's!

AND ... they are addictive!

yep,ever tried to eat just one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sba0SC5QZeI&feature=related

How about they focus on oh I don't know TEACHING STUDENTS!!!!

now,That's an Idea!

Schools are and SHOULD remain a local issue. You dont want or want this crap in YOUR schools...Hey GET INVOLVED!!!! You local school board is HEY ELECTED!!!! Dont like it change it but leave mine alone!!!

Me too! With no snack food, what would have I done about the munchies after my periodic toke breaks!

We never had no snack machines. We had to smuggle chit in. Smokin' in the bathroom.

We did have some pretty hot teachers I'd have snacked on.

6th grade. Mrs. Blue. Built like a brickshithouse.

7th grade. Don't remember her name. Less than 5 feet tall and Dolly Pardon T I Ts. Drooled on that all year long. John, a friend claimed he nailed that.

Whatever happened to parents/legal guardians deciding what children can or cannot eat?

Dodo, i know that you used to hide cheetos.

I had to, or the teachers would have eaten them.

Yea...

That makes to much sense.

don't you know Children belong to the Government,that is,The Bureaucrats?

In my days,we would go home for Lunch!
I think it is still like that in most Schools here!

I heard that! Snacks were my best friend an hour after a parking lot escapade!