[ 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.
They are definitely gunning for all fundraisers using food.
And my previous post sounded too much like I supported that, which I don’t. I feel like people know they are taking a chance when eating “unregulated” food, and people should be allowed to do so. Government shouldn’t spend so much time protecting us from our own choices.