David Harmon > wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:11:12 -0700 in rec.food.cooking, Ranée at
> Arabian Knits > wrote,
>> Unfortunately, the same regulations that exist for
>> restaurants/grocery stores/mega farms/etc, get applied to churches.
>
> Would it be better somehow if churches were following unsafe and
> unsanitary food handling practices and poisoning lots of religious
> people with Salmonella and E. Coli? Hmmm, perhaps so.

It is not so much as a safety issue as can one afford the cost of USDA
inspections. This hurts the small farmer in which only the Mega Farms can
afford. It is getting to the point where the mid size farms that sell their
goods at Farmers Markets cannot afford much longer. Also most certainly the
small farmer cannot afford fines.

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