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In my area, all of them. Basically all school & pta functions in my area eschew any homemade baked goods for reasons of food safety regulation or insurance poli
by digikata 10y ago
In my area, all of them. Basically all school & pta functions in my area eschew any homemade baked goods for reasons of food safety regulation or insurance policy coverage. I think it's a terrible shame that such a humanistic level of neighbourly personal/cultural exchange has been extinguished.
- protomyth 10y agoYep, a community activity dies and people wonder why we are less connected than before. The food safety angle is a crock given what happens in our fast food restaurants. The concern for safety actually subtracts from the overall safety of a community. Never mind the increased burden to poorer families to participate in events.
- edblarney 10y agoSad. It's probably not even a legal issue, so much as an insurance thing. I wonder if there could be a special law passed for such things, i.e. you participate and you 'waive your right to sue' kind of thing?
- digikata 10y agoPrivate companies/organizations could be started if it were just an insurance thing, but it's a little of both, and the food regulations are the difficult ones to avoid. That does take sustained lobbying.