Food permit, WTF

[rolfing]

Under Calcode 113789.(c) "Food Facility" does not include any of the following5) Premises set aside for Wine Tasting as long as no food is served except for crackers. I suggest to Elizabeth Huff from the County Environmental Health Division , that since no coffeee and donuts are allowed , maybe it would be better to set up a wine tasting location at B and B Do it Center.

Now let's study Calcode
113739 "Beverage" liquid including water
113781 "Food" beverage
113789 "Food Facility" (1) an operation where food is consumed on or off premises,regardless of whether there is a charge for the food.

Therefore any operation that has water to drink by Calcode definition is considered a Food Facility requiring permits , food prep area, stainless sinks etc.

I do not believe that that was the intent of Calcode and I believe this Code needs to be further evaluated . The code is too broad as can be seen by this example.
I will contact Elizabeth Huff on Monday for her interpretation and take on this Code.

[Twoller]

This is kind of like the trhead at the old site about requiring a food permit to pass out food to the homeless. Passing out food is a responsibility and the bigger your output of food or the more anonymously it is dispensed, the more accountable you should be.

But leaning on some little hardware store is definitly a bit rough.