Hopfully the kids got the message even though the staff didn't.

[maizey]

Im a cooking teacher in a public middle school so I know where the schools are comming from as far as these food rules. i don't agree with all of them but its plain and simple fear of being sued that drives most of them. Doesn't matter what actually makes sense, just don't deviate from the norm so you cant get sued. I know that I can't cook anything with kids thats not "fda inspected", even though what they are inspecting is far more unhealthy than grass fed, wild game or home raised, and I tell my kids this frequently. If you want to raise the hackles on a school administrator, go outside the norm...freaks them out. As far as the no home made stuff goes, i do tend to agree with that. Not everyone takes my class so they couldnt know how important kitchen sanitation is

My son also has a peanut allergy. Some kids with these allergies (praise be that his isnt that severe) can have fatal reactions from say chocolate chip cookies made in the same bowl as peanutbutter cookies that were made 3 days ago. You never know when someone is just being hateful either, and puts something horrible in the food on purpose...too many variables with homemade goods. Kids don't need cake and ice cream at school anyway...most american kids get significanly more calories from junk food than they need. (adults too

) little ones would bounce off the walls for hours and the older ones just flat out dont have time for it, waaay to distracting from the task at hand!

 

[PineappleMama]

Precisely right Maizey...

But that's part of it though... as you said... if they'd banned ANYTHING from ANY kitchen I could see it was covering their tail. Sad, thanks to the sue happy society we are, but I could understand.

What's boggling is that the biscuits, gravy and sausage were all okay. Just the FULLY COOKED eggs were in question. That seems weird to me. Just as likely to get sick if the pork is undercooked as if the egg was you know? Not that OP would serve anything bad, just looking at the lack of logic.

Also OP was right there willing to eat it and demonstrate it wasn't poisoned, not at ALL the same as the CEOs, workers, etc that provide store eggs. Oh... wonder how many CEO's actually buy/eat their own products. Wouldn't that be an interesting study?

Forget Capital One... What's In Your FRIDGE?!

 

[Mac in Wisco]

But the biscuits, sausage and stuff were made from store bought ingredients. Food service establishments are required to use foods and ingredients from "approved sources", which generally means food products from permitted and inspected sources.

I can sell eggs from the farm without a state or USDA permit, but I can't sell them away from the farm without a permit. A hotel, restaurant, or school would be required to get them through the normal channels, or from a farm with an egg processing permit.

The director did as she was required to. Regardless of how it looked to us, it was her responsibility to make the right call.

 

[PineappleMama]

Yeah, I guess. But still her kitchen wasn't approved by the health department. She doesn't have a health card so no telling what she does or does not know about proper food handling/storage/prep... etc. Actually, how did the Director know they were all store bought ingredients? You might have greased your pan with your homemade butter... SO many loopholes you know?

Seems like if you're going to cover your tail you outta cover it all the way or not at all. *shrug*