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

[James Crouchet]

Correct in general, but if it is a non-profit or not-for-profit
providing food internally, the rules are different in some respects. That
was part of what Charlie was going to cover in his class.  I wish he had
gotten the chance to teach it; then whoever took the class would know the
answer.

Christian Doré
On Feb 10, 2012 1:47 PM, "Richard Threlkeld" <rjt at softwareinnovation.com>
wrote:

> You need to use a certified kitchen if you charge for the food (IMHO after
> reading a lot of law - however, I am not a lawyer). However, that can be a
> field kitchen under a tent in the middle of nowhere. The standards you must
> follow relate to hand washing, grey water disposal, handling of raw food,
> etc. You can do all that correctly in nearly any kitchen though you may
> have
> to bring in tubs to augment their sinks or other such equipment. I have
> gotten legal paperwork for a kitchen on a scout camp that was under a tent.
>
> In Service,
> Caelin on Andrede
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
> > bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of James Crouchet
> > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:25 AM
> > To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] food safety was Re: Underage Participation In
> The
> > SCA
> >
> > > 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
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