"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> "Dean G." wrote:
>
>> Get a copy of the law. Is is a local (county) law ? If so, it only
>> allies inside that jurisdiction. Also, local laws are fairly easy to
>> get changed. You don't need a lobbyist to talk to the county councilman
>> down the street. Make an issue of it at meetings and make sure you
>> stress the jobs angle. This law costs our county jobs.
>
> It's pretty hard to argue jobs when there is a public health issue. Around
> here, you are subject to the regulations of the health department when you
> are cooking commercially. They inspect the premises and they want to be
> able to trace food to its source if there is an outbreak of food
> poisoning. I can appreciate the rationale in that case, but the OP is
> talking about cooking in someone's kitchen, so I can't see why those
> concerns would apply here. It would be no different than them cooking for
> themselves in their own kitchen, so long as all the food is being prepared
> on site and not in the personal chef's kitchen.
>
> There has been talk around here about clamping down on all food sales.
> That
> will apply to home made jams and jellies made for bake sales and at local
> fruit stands. That's a crying shame. Until my recent success with
> strawberry jam I had had so many batches turn out poorly that I stopped
> making it myself and used to get it at a neighbour's fruit stand. They
> won't be able to sell the stuff any more.
>
>

How many bad jars did the local militia find in the area last year? One?
:-)