
rvgringo
Nov 25, 2015, 9:22 AM
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Re: [Gringal] Question about the law re dogs in reataurants
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Years ago, I read the law and the operable phrase is, “Animals are not permitted in areas of food preparation or elaboration“. So, it is obvious that animals are not permitted in kitchens, but the fuzzy part is the “elaboration“ clause, which would seem to indicate that any area where a restaurant had a buffet, salad bar, prepared salsas or salads at table-side, prepared hand-made tortillas or presented desert trays, would also be areas prohibited to animals. That would seem to include most dining areas, including many patio dining areas. Even a waiter grating cheese on your pasta would fit this clause. I doubt that anything more definite will be found, which leaves a lot of fuzzy space for a health inspector‘s interpretation, which is the way, and the intent, of many laws.
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