Quail Hollow Farm owners, Monte and Laura Bledsoe met with Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) officials last week along with Commissioner Tom Collins after a SNHD inspector threatened to shut down a Farm-to-Fork Dinner at the farm on Friday, October 21 because the meat for the dinner had not been USDA certified. The meeting, scheduled by Collins’ staff, was meant to resolve issues arising from the incident and avoid future problems.It appears to have really happened, and also appears to have been not nearly so surprising as this thread suggests.According to SNHD officials, the reason that the event had come to the attention of the SNHD in the first place was because it had been an advertised event and was open to the public as a paid dinner. If guests had not been paying for the dinner, it would not have come under the eyes of the district, officials said.
“If no money is exchanged, then there is no expectation of sanitation in Nevada,” stated SNHD official Susan LeBay at Wednesday’s meeting.
But LeBay said that, with appropriate lead time, district staff were willing to work with the Bledsoes to find a way to do what they wanted.
I do think government overregulates, but given the general nature of regulation, you can't run a public restaurant on your farm and not expect to have to follow the health department rules.
[ According to SNHD officials, the reason that the event had come to the attention of the SNHD in the first place was because it had been an advertised event and was open to the public as a paid dinner. If guests had not been paying for the dinner, it would not have come under the eyes of the district, officials said. ]
Technically that would shut down lemonade stands, church bazaar dinners(that you have to buy a raffle ticket to get into), those evil bake sales, etc...
You could even ague that a pot-luck dinner would apply too as you had to “barter your dish to be able to eat other dishes”
In cases of prostitution they have considered “barter” as a method of “payment” so why not consider a public pot-luck event as the same damned thing only worse because of all that “uncontrolled food” streaming in. (reason it is called pot-luck is “I hope I am Lucky and don’t get sick”)
God help anyone who opens a lemonade stand near a state border that requires people to give a cookie in exchange for lemonade.
[I do think government overregulates, but given the general nature of regulation, you can’t run a public restaurant on your farm and not expect to have to follow the health department rules.]
Did this happen every day? Every week? Or was it a periodic event happening say (3-4 times a year).
I would hate to think they could shut down a church fundraiser dinner that occurs once a month....
Growing up my parents took me to “Polka Dance” Once a month in Nebraska and to pay for the band they charged us an admission fee and drinks were provided. Technically the Nevada Health Depart could have shut them down for the EXACT same reasons.