The following letter was distributed by the Health unit to local Farm Markets and their vendors. It is now appropriate to sell bubblegum, canned pop and potato chips, at farm markets; but not farm fresheggs, apple cider, meat, poultry, or dairy products, unless they are commercially pre-packaged. a demonstration against this bureacratic stupidity and the recent charges laid in Gannanoque against market vendors will take place on Saturday September 10 at the Perth Farmers Market (Crystal Palace, downtown Perth) between 8:00 and noon.
Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District
Health Unit
FaRMERS' MaRKETS
The following list of food items are considered appropriate for sale in the Farmers' Market:
• Cold drinks sold in the original container (i.e. canned pop & juices)
• Frozen confections sold in the original package or wrapper (i.e. Popsicles, Mr. Freeze)
• Hot beverages (i.e. coffee, tea)
• Farm products in the form of honey, fruit, vegetables, and grains
• Commercially pre-packaged non-hazardous food (cakes, tarts, potato chips, chewing gum)
• Whole eggs that are graded, refrigerated and labelled with the name of the producer and the grade
• Non-hazardous, properly wrapped baked products and home preserved jams, jellies and vinegar-based pickles may be retailed at the market. They must be labelled including the name, address, phone number, date of product and ingredients, (listed in order of volume).
applicants for a food booth at the Farmers' Market must complete the Health Unit's "Notice of Intention to Operate a Temporary Food Premises Form." This form is to be reviewed with a Public Health Inspector.
For more information, please contact the Health Protection Department:
Brockville (613) 345-5685
Smiths Falls (613) 283-2740
Visit our Website at www.healthunit.org
July 2005
It’s your
choice!DO YOU WaNT TO KEEP THE RIGHT
TO CHOOSE WHaT YOU EaT?
On a Health Unit list of food items deemed "appropriate for sale at the farmers’ market" - canned pop, Popsicles, potato chips, chewing gum
BUT
It is illegal for us to sell fresh ungraded eggs and ungraded produce
"Our customers have told us they want to buy our
fresh nutritious food — it’s their choice.
It’s our choice to sell what they want."
PERTH FaRMERS’ MaRKET
and
LaNaRK LaNDOWNERS aSSOCIaTION
are asking for your support at a
PROTEST RaLLY
at The Market, Saturday, Sept. 10 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRYSTaL PaLaCE, DOWNTOWN PERTH
Help support us in our fight to have farm-gate regulations
extended to farmers’ markets. We’ll let you know what you can do to help.
Buy what really grows on the farm
UNGRaDED EGGS
an egg sold at the farm is a legal egg, when that same egg travels to
The Farmers’ Market it has become an illegal egg!
UNGRaDED PRODUCE
Not all the tomatoes in the basket will ripen at the same time.
They are not all exactly the same size and color. Illegal!
UNPROCESSED FOOD
You will not find any canned pop, Popsicles or chewing gum deemed "appropriate for sale at the market" by the Health Unit
Randy Hillierhttp://www.ruralrevolution.com
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