SC - Licensing

[Alma Johnson]

 It just seems that what profit is made could go toward making sure that at
least one person in a group has training. If, heaven forbid, someone was to
get a (potentialy fatal, at the least annoying) case of food poisoning, it
just seems prudent that someone in the kitchen should have a licence and be
able to state that all food prepared met saftey standards.
>
>Wolfger


OK, I've got to ask - wouldn't this also create some liability on the part
of the certified person which could create them ultimately responsible for
the actions of non-certified personnel in the case of a food poisoning
illness/fatality?  Put your lawyers caps on now.  It seems to me that this
would be a definite possibility.  Then who would want to cook without
carrying liability insurance?

Then, who would cook, period?

I agree with the need for food safety to be aggressively taught to all our
kitchen people, but not for us to involve the government unnecessarily.
Someone mentioned a potential parallel with the fighting marshalls, but I
would point out that although they are very safety oriented, they are not
mundanely certified or licensed in any way for this.  Neither are heralds.
In fact, chirurgeons are the only folks who do require basic certifications,
and these are through the Red Cross, which last time I checked, was not a
government agency.  I am not anti government, but I do feel that it has a
lot in common with vampires - you go inviting it in, and it will take
control of the situation whether or not you want it too.

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