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It’s just as easy easy to justify regulation by adding up all the imaginary costs that will be avoided.
by WillPostForFood 8y ago
It’s just as easy easy to justify regulation by adding up all the imaginary costs that will be avoided.
- jonwachob91 8y agoKitchen Fires and food poisoning are not imaginary.
- jimmaswell 8y agoHow exactly does preparing food in the truck lead to food poisoning? Why doesn't your backyard grill need a fire suppression system?
- jonwachob91 8y ago1) If cooked food comes in contact with a surface that raw meat was prepped on, the cooked food can become tainted. 2) Most cities fire code say that your backyard grill is required to be a certain distance from the building structure (my local ordinance says 15ft), it just so happens that most people ignore the local ordinances. Those codes are b/c of grill fires.
- tokyodude 8y agoLarge portions of the world don't have these regulations and seems to be doing just fine. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore to name a few are full of food stands preparing food at the stand.
- ivirshup 8y agoFunny you should mention Singapore, as the government moved all of the street hawkers to "hawker complexes" and there is a lot of regulation around food hygiene[1]. [1]: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1637_2010-01-31.html http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1637_201...
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoSo, it's still easier to sell street food there than in Michigan?
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