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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the past year or so, there are more and more random food stalls sprinkled through Silver, Spring, Wheaton, and now Aspen Hill. These are prepared fruit stands/ snack stands.  I know these are popular in Mexico and Central America and they are becoming popular here in Montgomery county (I can’t speak for the rest of the area, I haven’t seen them). The sellers in these food stalls have no way to wash their hands, there’s no oversight on how the food is prepared and the sanitation. How is it that the county and heath department hasn’t stepped in to shut them down or inspect them? Am I overthinking this?[/quote]

Contact the county health department and give them the location ASAP when you spot one. Unfortunately they likely won't get to it to inspect that day and the stall will vanish only to be set up somewhere different the next day. But until people start reporting to the health department that they see these stalls proliferating, and until people complain about the obvious lack of sanitary food handling--the stalls will just keep going. The county works for you--press them to do their job. You are not overthinking this, but YOU need to step up and report what you see to the county health inspection office.

You'll get scoffed at by some here, but those people will never have known someone who was truly sickened by unsanitary food prep. Time off work, lost wages, medical bills, sometimes serious complications can happen. There are good reasons why food vendors are supposed to get inspected.[/quote]

Isn’t this a very busybody, patronizing attitude?  Presumably other adults can decide for themselves whether or bit they want to risk it?[/quote]

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