Should bake sales be regulated?

Posted: October 8th, 2007 - 6:23am by Doug Powell

Some students groups are upset after the University of Nebraska at Omaha banned the sale of homemade baked goods on campus.

UNO officials said the ban was put in place due to concerns about food allergies and contaminated food, although there had been no reports of contamination.

While such bans, along with similar attempts to inspect church pot-lucks and other community-based initiatives may seem heavy-handed, the potential for sick people and subsequent liability cannot be ignored.

Anyone who serves, prepares or handles food, in a restaurant, nursing home, day care center, supermarket, local market or yes, even  for a bake sale, needs some basic food safety training. And health inspectors are there to provide some minimal oversight.
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Categories: Food Safety Policy
Tags: Bakery, Regulated, Sale

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carol buente says:

I think this is overkill. So these are students that attend a college, so why isn't there a place where students can learn some basic knowledge about safe cooking? These same students will have a family and be cooking for children, and then the cycle repeats itself. Train Everyone. Those that have allergies ask whether it has nuts in it or if the salad has shrimp, whatever the allergy. I'm sure the school kitchen is a safe place, maybe they should make their brownies and whatever so the food is fixed according to safety standards.

Posted on October 8th, 2007 - 12:41pm

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