The Virginia Food Police
"Bureaucracy is the most efficient method known to man of turning pure energy into solid waste."
On 20/20 tonight, John Stossel did one of his "Give Me a Break" segments on overzealous food bureaucrats in Fairfax County, Virginia who proved the quote above. Like many churches around the country, churches in Fairfax County serve home-cooked meals to the homeless. But according to Fairfax County health department bureaucrats, that's not safe, and last week there was a crackdown on the churches' lawlessness.
According to the food police in Virginia, churches are supposed to have a $40,000 commercial kitchen to feed homeless people. Did the health Nazis ever think of where the homeless eat when they don't eat at these churches?
"They've never stopped me from eating out of a dumpster or a trash can before," said a homeless man, who seems to have more common sense than the food bureaucrats. Dumpster diving has got to be more dangerous than unlicensed church food.
Due to overwhelming public outrage against the overzealous food bureaucrats, the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors quickly backtracked and exempted churches from food regulations.
"What if the health department had been around when Jesus was feeding the poor?"
"He might have been, you know, cited," the Board of Supervisors Chairman said with a laugh.
Read the original Washington Post article about the food folly that generated the outrage.
On 20/20 tonight, John Stossel did one of his "Give Me a Break" segments on overzealous food bureaucrats in Fairfax County, Virginia who proved the quote above. Like many churches around the country, churches in Fairfax County serve home-cooked meals to the homeless. But according to Fairfax County health department bureaucrats, that's not safe, and last week there was a crackdown on the churches' lawlessness.
According to the food police in Virginia, churches are supposed to have a $40,000 commercial kitchen to feed homeless people. Did the health Nazis ever think of where the homeless eat when they don't eat at these churches?
"They've never stopped me from eating out of a dumpster or a trash can before," said a homeless man, who seems to have more common sense than the food bureaucrats. Dumpster diving has got to be more dangerous than unlicensed church food.
Due to overwhelming public outrage against the overzealous food bureaucrats, the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors quickly backtracked and exempted churches from food regulations.
"What if the health department had been around when Jesus was feeding the poor?"
"He might have been, you know, cited," the Board of Supervisors Chairman said with a laugh.
Read the original Washington Post article about the food folly that generated the outrage.
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