From: "Seymour, Janet I" <DYKEMAJI@uwec.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:56:34 -0600 Subject: List Serve - Food at Public Gatherings Message-ID: <EEA4CA65D05DC54E874A89D9F518681953EAF936C0@CHERRYCOKE.uwec.edu>
List Serve members -
Further discussion on this topic is welcome - check with your county health
department for regulations, like the sample below. If you have specific in
formation to share, please respond to the list.
Janet
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One of our members had a thought and asked me to ask ListServe this questio
n:
When a society or museum has an annual meeting, open to the public, and ser
ves potluck that is provided by the Board of Directors and someone gets sic
k, can the museum or society get in trouble? Should it be catered?
(...oh, the good old days when if someone said the word, sue, they were usu
ally addressing a woman...)
Kathy Laakso
Douglas County Historical Society
13. Are any non-profit organizations still exempt from this permit? Yes, co
ncession stands that are operated at locally sponsored, youth sporting even
ts such as a little league games or a school sponsored interscholastic spor
ts competitions are still exempt from all permits and licensing. The conces
sion stand must be operated exclusively for the benefit of the participatin
g youth sports team, program or governing youth sports organization. Potluc
k events are also exempt.