Inspectors nixing homemade drinks are easy targets but do we really need children selling warm liquids on the street?
Would you eat ice-cream or cookies baked in some kid’s kitchen? Or drink a cup of lemonade made and poured by a first-grader? I don’t even feel safe eating at a Chipotle nowadays let alone consuming products made by six-year-olds with grubby hands and boogers on their fingers.
So why is everyone so shocked by the countless tales of lemonade stands – like the ones in Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Colorado and Wyoming, all run by children – that were shut down out of health violation concerns? Or maybe the snow-shoveling business in New Jersey run by two teenagers that was forced to cease because it wasn’t deemed safe? Or the nine-year-old who was selling cookies baked at home that raised red flags with safety inspectors?
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