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2018年11月10日星期六

給予食物無家可歸人仕不應該是罪

給予食物無家可歸人仕不應該是罪
Giving Food to the Homeless Shouldn’t Be a Crime

Government has long been characterized as inept. It’s easy to forget that sometimes it can be downright cruel.

The latest example comes from Missouri, where the Kansas City Health Department is under fire after employees bleached food intended for the homeless because the people supplying it did not have the proper permit.

On Sunday, officials from the health department, accompanied by armed police officers, stopped volunteers with Free Hot Soup Kansas City from feeding the homeless at four locations, claiming the food had not been inspected.

“Officers and health inspectors demanded we destroy our food and we were violating health code violations by sharing meals with our friends,” said Nellie McCool, who has participated in efforts to feed the homeless for years.

The health department has defended its crackdown, claiming officials had previously informed the volunteer group that they needed to obtain a permit.

“They were notified back in a meeting in September that they needed to get a permit, and they just outright said they refused to do that,” said Dr. Rex Archer, Director Of Health for KCMO, according to KSHB, a local Kansas City outlet.

McCool denies this. “We never had any kind of government official ever come and speak with anybody at any of the public parks,” she said.

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Regardless, according to the department’s write-up of the Sunday incident, officials destroyed the food, citing the lack of a permit, and insisted the action was taken to protect public safety.

“This operation claims to care about folks, but if you care about folks, you want to prepare food safely,” Archer said, confirming that using bleach to destroy contraband food is standard policy.

In a tweet elaborating on the agency’s position, officials claimed they blocked the volunteers because their gatherings are “open to the general public,” and the food is not stored at the “required temperature for food safety” when it is transported to serving locations throughout the city.


https://www.activistpost.com/2018/11/giving-food-to-the-homeless-shouldnt-be-a-crime.html





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