In this instance, the Health Dept is correct. Leaving a fridge outside, unmanned is an invitation for catastrophe.
Just stop and think a minute about the people who might go to that fridge and the hygiene involved with a lot of them.
They don’t care if they open a package and take some out or put half eaten stuff back in there.
And, as the article says, it just isn’t a good idea to have a fridge out in the elements.
Good intentions need to be tempered by common sense and a little real world savvy.
Since when is a government agency “correct”? Who would frequent that fridge but only “the people who might go to” it?