Lingerie Store Required To Get Food Permit For Edible Undies 37
You might not consider edible panties food, but San Antonio's Sanitarian Services Manager, Stephen Barschewski, disagrees. The Shades of Love lingerie store was recently told that it needed a food permit to sell edible novelties. The permit costs $230 a year, and makes the store subject to regular health inspections. From the article: "Rosemary Benitez thought it was a joke at first. She was told her store was going to need a food permit in order to stay in business. But Benitez doesn't own a restaurant. She owns the Shades of Love lingerie store on West Bitters road. Shades of Love sells racy lingerie, high heel shoes, adult toys, and items meant to enhance a couple's sex life. However, some of those items are edible. That's why the health department ruled the store needed a food permit."
Re:So be it. (Score:5, Informative)
Hum, I hate to say this, but thems the rules. if someone could get sick off of eating these undies (here come the raunchy jokes) then it's a valid concern.
No, it's not - these things are containerized. Yes, if the store were producing the fruit puree there, then there's a matter for concern. But your line of inquiry requires every gas station with a soda machine to have a food-service license, and that's not reasonable or useful.
It's more likely that the local bureaucrats dislike the store on religious reasons than it is that somebody could get sick from the undies themselves (what may come to be on those undies after packaging is certainly the greater risk).