SC - Kitchen Authorization

Wed Nov 29 09:16:54 PST 2000

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In a message dated 11/29/00 10:00:36 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
selene at earthlink.net writes:

> > >  What about an "authorization" process for kitchen helpers?
> >
> > I'm going to assume you're joking.... but for giggles I have to say that I
> > run a safe kitchen, and everybody there has signed a waiver. <snip>
> 
> I didn't say I thought it was a good idea... but the notion seems to be in 
> the
> air so I thought I'd run it by this inter-kingdom grouping of Chef de 
> Cuisine so
> we're all warned when the subject comes up locally.
> 
> 

Actually, the subject did come up here locally.  The local council put 
through a law that said that any food prepared outside the home had to be 
prepared by people with "food handler's permits".  Luckily, they added an 
addendum a bit later that excluded churches and charity events where food was 
prepared for member consumption only.  However, during that time I did go 
through the 4 hour class required for the permit.  Not a bad idea in my mind. 
 Surprising how many people in the class had no knowledge of the need for 
clean hands and simple things like not cutting other items with a knife you 
just used to cut raw chicken.  

So, while I would hesitate at the authorization for each individual prep 
method, I am not sure that requiring an afternoon class in safe food prep 
would be a bad idea for those who are going to be preparing food for our mass 
consumption.  And if such a class were offered, might it not attract and 
identify some previously unsuspected prospective cooks in our groups?

Constance de la Rose

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<HTML>In a message dated 11/29/00 10:00:36 AM Mountain Standard Time, selene at earthlink.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> >  What about an "authorization" process for kitchen helpers?
 >
 > I'm going to assume you're joking.... but for giggles I have to say that I
 > run a safe kitchen, and everybody there has signed a waiver. <snip>
 
 I didn't say I thought it was a good idea... but the notion seems to be in the
 air so I thought I'd run it by this inter-kingdom grouping of Chef de Cuisine so
 we're all warned when the subject comes up locally.
 
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 Actually, the subject did come up here locally.  The local council put through a law that said that any food prepared outside the home had to be prepared by people with "food handler's permits".  Luckily, they added an addendum a bit later that excluded churches and charity events where food was prepared for member consumption only.  However, during that time I did go through the 4 hour class required for the permit.  Not a bad idea in my mind.  Surprising how many people in the class had no knowledge of the need for clean hands and simple things like not cutting other items with a knife you just used to cut raw chicken.  
 
 So, while I would hesitate at the authorization for each individual prep method, I am not sure that requiring an afternoon class in safe food prep would be a bad idea for those who are going to be preparing food for our mass consumption.  And if such a class were offered, might it not attract and identify some previously unsuspected prospective cooks in our groups?
 
 Constance de la Rose</HTML>

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