It is not my responsibility to have anything to do with catching birds,
the birds are not flying into my kitchen. I agree that hand washing is
needed, my point is that I cannot get away with unsafe food facilities
and I am very small time, large stores have thousands of people coming
through which makes it a potential community hazard. and large stores
can get away with this? Who paid off whom that this goes unchecked?
Where do you live? Health and Food Inspectors in that area need to
figure out how to fix the bird problem.
jill stardust

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "jill" > wrote:
>
> > The govt requires me to get a room full of stainless steel sinks,
> > separate entries sealed from outside, an exhast and intake fan. no
> > pets, no smoking, and many other expensive to code shelves, NSF
> > approved tables, floors, plus food safety training (again expensive) to
> > get a licenced kitchen. Now why are they allowing large stores to allow
> > health hazards after all this trouble? Lobbyists payments? I agree
> > birds are cute, and as a farmer I value their help and beauty in things
> > like pollinating and spreading seeds outdoors, so I feed them: but if
> > this is the case why should anyone bother with any sanitary food prep?
> > USDA and Dept of Health should be monitoring this, and if they are not,
> > they are not doing thier jobs that we pay taxes for.
> > jill stardust
>
> How would you suggest they catch them? The store ceilings are to high
> and two of the stores are open 24/7 so cannot turn the lights off...
>
> Only the produce is at risk and I've never seen the birds hang out in
> the meat area, plus the meat is all wrapped.
>
> Anyone that does not wash their produce prior to eating it is foolish
> anyway. Fellow customers that handle the produce ahead of me without
> washing their hands are a far bigger disease hazard than a few random
> bird droppings.
> --
> Peace!
> Om
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
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