Posted to Knox Leader 26/2/2013 at 26/2/2013 at 2:24 AM
Commenting on "Knox Council bans the sharing of home-made cakes, also bans egg cartons and toilet rolls, from kinders"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/knox-council-bans-the-sharing-of-home-made-cakes-also-bans-egg-cartons-and-toilet-rolls/comments-fngnvlxu-1226585158793
It is a matter of "damned if they do, damned if they don't".
I am supportive of Knox City Council's move. The basic hygiene standard of many people, adults and children alike, have dropped very much these days. Parents allow small children to crawl in public areas and later, they rub their facial parts or put food in their mouths using the dirty hands.
Many parents and children do not wash their hands after going to toilets. It is likely that the contaminated hands will introduce disease causing germs to the food they handle, or transfer to receptacles which are used to put food in mouths.
It is easy to point fingers at other people when things go wrong. Some victims or their families have been awarded by the courts hundreds of thousand or even millions of dollars as compensation. This induces fear to those who look after the kids, and leads to substantial increase in insurance premium of these establishments.
One needs to keep in mind that the crux of the matter is not about industrial-standard kitchen, but industrial-standard food handling by everyone. Will "fundraising cake stalls and sausage sizzles" be banned? No, if those operators meet the required Food Safety standard.
Commenting on "Knox Council bans the sharing of home-made cakes, also bans egg cartons and toilet rolls, from kinders"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/knox-council-bans-the-sharing-of-home-made-cakes-also-bans-egg-cartons-and-toilet-rolls/comments-fngnvlxu-1226585158793
It is a matter of "damned if they do, damned if they don't".
I am supportive of Knox City Council's move. The basic hygiene standard of many people, adults and children alike, have dropped very much these days. Parents allow small children to crawl in public areas and later, they rub their facial parts or put food in their mouths using the dirty hands.
Many parents and children do not wash their hands after going to toilets. It is likely that the contaminated hands will introduce disease causing germs to the food they handle, or transfer to receptacles which are used to put food in mouths.
It is easy to point fingers at other people when things go wrong. Some victims or their families have been awarded by the courts hundreds of thousand or even millions of dollars as compensation. This induces fear to those who look after the kids, and leads to substantial increase in insurance premium of these establishments.
One needs to keep in mind that the crux of the matter is not about industrial-standard kitchen, but industrial-standard food handling by everyone. Will "fundraising cake stalls and sausage sizzles" be banned? No, if those operators meet the required Food Safety standard.
