Selling food made from home

[Issa]

Thought this was interesting and good information for everybody to know about. But I didnt know, its ILLEGAL to cook anything from home and sell it in California. You have to do it offsite in a commercial area.

Does this effectively make celebrations like the July 4th illegal if you are selling food? Intersting...

"Thank you for contacting the County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health. It is not legal in the State of California to make or process food in their home. Schools would not allow home made food to be sold on their premises, at least not public schools. Even for private schools this would be illegal. With Churches, this could be illegal, but there are some provisions for non-profit organizations to make and sell non-potentially hazardous foods made from the home. If you know of someone making food in their home and selling it at a school, this can be reported to our complaint desk. The phone number there is 619-338-2283. Please see the attached information. Thank you, the duty information spam.

1255 Imperial Ave. 3rd floor
San Diego Ca. 92101
619-338-2379"

[Mel]

If I understand this correctly, you can sell food but you have to have a commercial kitchen to "link" it back to. My brother in law had raves about some chicken bbq recipe and wanted to sell it at the street fair. He was declined because he had no commercial kitchen. I know that in soccer this year the teams were told to not allow hommade cookies, cupcakes, cake, etc to the games as a treat. They want everything pre-packaged. Nothing is how it used to be... On that note - let me share this email I got today with you, sorry, it's long, but I think you'll enjoy it-

TO ALL THE KIDS
> WHO SURVIVED the
> 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's
> and 70's !!
>
> First, we survived being born
> to mothers who smoked
> and/or drank while they were
> pregnant.
> They took aspirin, ate blue
> cheese dressing, tuna from a
> can, and didn't get tested for
> diabetes.>
> Then after that trauma, we
> were put to sleep on our
> tummies in baby cribs covered
> with bright colored lead-based
> paints.
>
> We had no childproof lids on
> medicine bottles, doors or cabinets
> and when we
> rode our bikes, we had no helmets,
> not to mention, the risks we took
> hitchhiking.
> As infants & children, we
> would ride in cars with no car
> seats, booster seats, seat belts
> or air bags.
>>
> Riding in the back of a pick up
> on a warm day was always a
> special treat.
>>
> We drank water from the
> garden hose and NOT from a
> bottle.
>
>> We shared one soft drink with
> four friends, from one bottle
> and
>
> NO ONE actually died from
> this.
>
> We ate cupcakes, white bread
> and real butter and drank
> koolade made with sugar, but
> we weren't overweight because
> .
> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE
> PLAYING !
>
> We would leave home in the
> morning and play all day, as
> long as we were back when the
> streetlights came on.
>
> No one was able to reach us all
> day.
>
> And we were O.K.
>
>> We would spend hours
> building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then ride down
> the hill, only to find out we
> forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few
> times, we learned to solve the
> problem.
>
> We did not have Playstations,
> Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video
> games at all, no 150 channels
> on cable, no video movies or
> DVD's, no surround-sound or
> CD's, no cell phones, no
> personal computer! s, no
> Internet or chat rooms.......
> WE HAD FRIENDS and we
> went outside and found them!
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut,
> broke bones and teeth and
> there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents.
>
> We ate worms and mud pies
> made from dirt, and the worms
> did not live in us forever.
>
> We were given BB guns for our
> 10th birthdays,
>
> made up games with sticks and
> tennis balls and, although we
> were told it would happen, we
> did not put out very many eyes.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a
> friend's house and knocked on
> the door or rang
> the bell, or just walked in and
> talked to them!
>
> Little League had tryouts and
> not everyone made the team.
> Those who didn't had to learn
> to deal with disappointment.
> Imagine that!!
>
> The idea of a parent bailing us
> out if we broke the law was
> unheard of.
>
> They actually sided with the
> law!
>
> These generations have
> produced some of the best
> risk-takers, problem solvers
> and inventors ever!
>
> The past 50 years have been an
> explosion of innovation and
> new ideas.
>
> We had freedom, failure,
> success and responsibility, and
> we learned
>
> HOW TO
>
> DEAL WITH IT ALL!
>
> If YOU are one of them . . ..
> CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> You might want to share this
> with others who have had the
> luck to grow up as
> kids, before the lawyers and
> the government regulated so
> much of our lives
>
> for our own good
>
> And while you are at it,
> forward it to your kids so they
> will know how brave (and
> lucky) their parents were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run
> through the house with
> scissors, doesn't it?!
>
> The quote of the month is by
> Jay Leno:
>
> "With hurricanes, tornado's,
> fires out of control, mud slides,
> flooding, severe
> thunderstorms tearing up the
> country from one end to
> another, and with the threat of
> bird flu and terrorist
> attacks,"Are we sure this is a
> good time to take God out of
> the Pledge of Allegiance?"
>
> For those that prefer to think
> that God is not watching over
> us....go ahead and delete this.
> For the rest of us.....pass this
> on

[amcannative]

Thank you Mel. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and related to everyone of these memories. This was very good

Ed West

[mattbb61]

I also grew up in the 60's and 70's, and find that list very familiar as well. How did we EVER survive? I lament on a yearly basis the disappearance of the excellent chicken teriyaki which the American Canyon Baptist Church would sell at their Forth of July booth. We were also surprised when our home baked cupcakes were unable to be eaten when taken to a Napa Junction Elementary School event a few years back.

Each year, another treasured tradition gets thrown out the window, and yet more politically correct positional mandates, in direct support of valuing diversity, are shoved down our throats.

Before the nanny state became in vogue. Before the lawyers and health fascists descended upon us all. A few more decades and we will ALL be dependent upon government for every facet of our lives.

Just thinking out loud.

Mark Mathews, USN (Retired)

[amcannative]

Amen Mark- It is a shame. I miss riding in teh back of a pick up with 10 kids on the way to Little League?

Ed West