Charity no more
I’m not a fan of government regulations at all, But even I got unprepared for this:
The casserole has been canned.
Under a tough new Fairfax County policy, residents can no longer donate food prepared in their homes or a church kitchen — be it a tuna casserole, sandwiches or even a batch of cookies — unless the kitchen is approved by the county, health officials said yesterday.
They said the crackdown on home-cooked meals is aimed at preventing food poisoning among homeless people.
But it is infuriating operators of shelters for the homeless and leaders of a coalition of churches that provides shelter and meals to homeless people during the winter. They said the strict standards for food served in the shelters will make it more difficult to serve healthy, hot meals to homeless people. The enforcement also, they said, makes little sense.
In fact I should not have been surprised; the regulation process reach its logical end - absurdity. I participated, once, in a regulatory process and noticed how fast these kind of discussions depart from actual reality. In this case previous regulations leading to a situation that will make it impossible for charity organization to help homeless people. However instead of lifting the burden of regulations, as it logically required, the county impose stricter regulations that will be inline with its bureaucratic approach regardless of the damage to real people.
How typical.
(Via Atlas Blogged)
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