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South Carolina · S.C. Code § 1-1-682
Boiled peanuts are the official snack, with an allergy caveat
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
What the law says
“Boiled peanuts are the official state snack food. Nothing in this section requires or encourages any school district in this State to serve peanuts to students, especially students with food allergies.”
Penalty
This section doesn't print a penalty of its own. Other parts of the South Carolina Code of Laws may set one; we haven't looked them up, so we don't state one here.
History note
“HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 270, SECTION 2, eff May 1, 2006.”
The earliest year in this note is 2006. That's the earliest year the note prints. It doesn't establish when this wording was enacted, took effect or first appeared.
In plain English
Our reading
South Carolina named boiled peanuts its official snack food and, in the very next sentence, made clear the honor doesn't require or encourage school districts to serve peanuts to students, especially students with food allergies.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted text above. It's a plain reading, not legal advice. We haven't researched how courts read this section or how often anyone enforces it.
- Code
- South Carolina Code of Laws
- Section
- S.C. Code § 1-1-682, “Official state snack food”
- Topic
- Official state things
- Source
- www.scstatehouse.gov
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