Izzy, I’m with you. We have laws like that here in California. What if someone died from donated food? Sentimentality cannot be Law, nor Intentionality trump science.
And yet, the State won't "solve" the homeless problem. As we see in San Francisco, their direct involvement will only make it far worse, and more expensive.
And so they will have more homelessness, they will have also kill any sense of private charity
And then you'll have hunger on a much larger scale.
All because your proposal to prevent fictional food-poisoning.
How many homeless are dying or going to the ER because of donated food that was unsafely prepared? Got statistics? Anything?
I disagree. Unless the people served do not know the risk, and there have been a number of cases of food poisoning, then the government should not try to regulate this like a business. They could require a course be taken on safe food handling, but not requiring inspection of homes that prepare the food, which is where this may head to, if it is not there already.
A church I know gives away free food from a food bank, and stores some, thus the church has to be inspected. For 7 years we have been blessed to be able to do the same weekly from a quality grocery retailer for about 25-30 people a week (no home cooked food though), without inspection, and never had a complaint to us or knowledge of any problems, thank God.
The only complaint to the city was bya lady who was criticized for cutting the line, and who apparently called up the health inspector who showed up promptly. He tried to shut it down for absence of refrigeration (it was Fall or Winter, and the food gets to homes about as quick as it might from the market), but the people protested, and he left and never came back. Thank God. .
Too many regs already.
science eh?. Here’s something to ponder- the human body needs to be exposed to germs, bacteria in order to develop a healthy immune system. Now what if, deaths from such things were caused by a nanny government which, in it’s zeal to protect, was actually making people weaker and more susceptible to such things by limiting exposure and the body has no defenses against it.