03-09-2010, 06:28 AM
This is why SPACE wants to open a commercial kitchen. With a commercial kitchen, vendors can get legal Food Permits; everyone benefits.
The county health inspector did come to the market. He was interested in who had food permits, but he was clear that he didn't want to shut anyone down, he wanted everyone to *get* proper permitting. He came with carrots and sticks. The stick was: he might be back sometime soon, and THEN vendors without food permits would get fined.
Surprise! The market decided anyway. The busiest prepared-food vendors were the ones that prominently displayed their food permits (and why shouldn't they! they invested time and money into it) or cooked your food right in front of you.
I think we have found where the true problem is.
The county health inspector did come to the market. He was interested in who had food permits, but he was clear that he didn't want to shut anyone down, he wanted everyone to *get* proper permitting. He came with carrots and sticks. The stick was: he might be back sometime soon, and THEN vendors without food permits would get fined.
Surprise! The market decided anyway. The busiest prepared-food vendors were the ones that prominently displayed their food permits (and why shouldn't they! they invested time and money into it) or cooked your food right in front of you.
I think we have found where the true problem is.