Social and Civil Liberty Issues

Been There

jeffreyskm — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:04:04 GMT

I worked 10 years in food service and the kitchen standards in even the most clean and respected restaurants are bad. I was told to report to work to serve and cook food with the flu or be fired. I have seen employees with open cuts and sores mixing salad and forming hamburger patties with their bare hands because the restaurant ran out of hand gloves or finger cots. I have found bloody bandaids in my food. The law needs to severely hurt the food establishment where these behaviors are found. Public health is at risk here. They need to shut down the establishment where these behaviors occur. I encourage more laws concerning food safety and establishment compliance.

Waste

changeagent — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:22:38 GMT

Another example of legislators with too much time on their hands. How about we let people know it is up to them to choose a clean place to eat?

kat

Anonymous Citizen — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:46:12 GMT

This one is not needed it's just more hoops and hassle for small restaurants. (Small businesses - the backbone of Michigan) The laws on the books are good now and if followed do keep the food safe.

2007 House Bill 4956 (Impose additional regulations on food service establishments )

Votes Admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT

Introduced in the House on June 20, 2007, to revise the state food code adopted in 2000 to require all food service establishments to have present at all times an employee who is certified under American National Standards Institute standards as having passed an accredited food safety training course; raising a number of fees; removing a licensure exemption for schools; revising various inspection requirements (including more "risk-based" rather than strict calendar-based inspection frequency); and more

The vote was 106 in favor, 0 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 271 at House Journal 73)

Click here to view bill details.