Yup. Circa 2014, one of my sisters would gather up a bunch of food every week and have a ‘cook out’ at a park near here that was known to have a large homeless population. Basically, they fed anyone who asked for a plate. She did this with a group of friends who I guess were just bored and successful enough to want to feel good about feeding the homeless.
After a few months, their activities drew the ire of… someone, and they got raided by the cops and local health inspectors. Despite acknowledging the food they were serving was at the proper temp and all food handling protocol was being followed, they took an ‘every possible justification’ approach to the situation that they could and insinuated everything from unknown, dirty kitchens to lack of a catering license, with severe future legal threats if they were to continue feeding the homeless. The officials then poured bleach into the food and dumped it into the trash.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yes, grocery stores sometimes do this because they are again of being sued by someone who gets salmonella or something from the dumpster.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
This is what they tell the public.
In reality they just don’t want homeless people near their dumpsters.
bluesheep@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Or to give away anything for free. They’d rather destroy it than give away something that could’ve made money.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m sure that’s a reason too.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It’s the only reason.
If it was a liability concern, why are they intentionally poisoning the food? That would make them much more liable for someone becoming sickened.