[Ansteorra] food safety was Re: Underage Participation In The SCA

[James Crouchet]

> The law doesn't require us to have background checks for children's
officers or that we use a "two deep rule".  So it could be said that we
could be sued if anyone ever documents that we had a situation where we
didn't follow "our own minimum standards".  And yet we still feel that we
should make these rules mandatory.

The difference is that the background check and two deep rule are the
common accepted practice for organizations of structure similar to ours.
For internal handling of food (i.e. we cook for our members, not for the
public) in not-for-profit organizations,  requiring food handlers to be
licensed is NOT common accepted practice.

> I don't see how knowing what the perfect site conditions would be, makes
you guilty if you are forced to use a non-conforming site.

I think you missed my point.  If you have the license you need to meet the
standards to which you are trained.  If the site does not provide the
equipment necessary to meet the standards and you still use that site you
are KNOWINGLY violating those standards.  Liability standards are much more
strict for licensed professionals.

Christian Doré