Groups may be hit with sausage sizzle fee

[mashman]

Fuckin pathetic southern Councils (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12774569/groups-may-be-hit-with-sausage-sizzle-fee/)

"Not-for-profit groups in Dunedin could soon be hit with a levy if they want to hold sausage sizzles.

Dunedin City Council is looking to charge schools, clubs and other not-for-profit organisations $16 to register their sausage sizzles, as a way to meet the cost of policing food safety standards."

[Scuba_Steve]

Is this part of the food bill "that would not affect these kind of things"???
Either way time for the Mad Butcher to enter & take his meat cleaver to this idea

[mashman]

Is this part of the food bill "that would not affect these kind of things"???
Either way time for the Mad Butcher to enter & take his meat cleaver to this idea

Did the Bill go through?

Obviously my mind wanders to slightly more drastic action :shifty: ... but the Mad Butcher would do the noo. As my wife pointed out to me earlier, these guys hold sausage sizzles to make money that the govt won't give to them for their causes :facepalm:.

[Scuba_Steve]

Did the Bill go through?

Obviously my mind wanders to slightly more drastic action :shifty: ... but the Mad Butcher would do the noo. As my wife pointed out to me earlier, these guys hold sausage sizzles to make money that the govt won't give to them for their causes :facepalm:.

don't think the bills gone through?, just thought this might be pre-emptive for when it does???
But yea fund-raisers ain't in it for the profit, they're not paying anyone, they shouldn't be stung with these sort of charges. If your really worried about the "health & safety" of precooked sausages, don't eat them. Let the rest of us whom have been happy to eat these "oh so dangerous" fund-raising goodness eat them, like we have done for many a decade with no problem.

[mashman]

don't think the bills gone through?, just thought this might be pre-emptive for when it does???
But yea fund-raisers ain't in it for the profit, they're not paying anyone, they shouldn't be stung with these sort of charges. If your really worried about the "health & safety" of precooked sausages, don't eat them. Let the rest of us whom have been happy to eat these "oh so dangerous" fund-raising goodness eat them, like we have done for many a decade with no problem.

Perhaps they feel that the current laws are good enough to cover sausage sizzles?

I know, I can't remember the last sausage sizzle sausage that I had that didn't kill me... I'm lucky to be alive :blink:

[Scuba_Steve]

Perhaps they feel that the current laws are good enough to cover sausage sizzles?

I know, I can't remember the last sausage sizzle sausage that I had that didn't kill me... I'm lucky to be alive :blink:

Guess it just comes down to a case of "Welcome to corporate America New Zealand"

[BoristheBiter]

Fuckin pathetic southern Councils (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12774569/groups-may-be-hit-with-sausage-sizzle-fee/)

"Not-for-profit groups in Dunedin could soon be hit with a levy if they want to hold sausage sizzles.

Dunedin City Council is looking to charge schools, clubs and other not-for-profit organisations $16 to register their sausage sizzles, as a way to meet the cost of policing food safety standards."

Where i think this is a crap idea i do think there should be a limit on how many can be within a certain area.

[aeonsien]

Stupid bollocks. I've never had food poisoning from a sausage sizzle and I've also never had anyone from the council or FSA turn up and actually check that we are handling food in a food-safe manner. Hell, what do they expect from a BBQ being held in a public carpark anyway?

Gonna do wonders for the school bake sales too.. A $16 registration fee for everyone cooking and your own personalised FSA representative appointed to come out to your house when you are cooking your Edmonds-recipe chocolate cake to ensure that your toilet door is closed and everyone in the kitchen is wearing a hair net. Awesome :)

[mashman]

Guess it just comes down to a case of "Welcome to corporate America New Zealand"

Remove the strike through and add a hyphen and you're probably spot on


Where i think this is a crap idea i do think there should be a limit on how many can be within a certain area.

This should be good... Why?

[BoristheBiter]

Remove the strike through and add a hyphen and you're probably spot on



This should be good... Why?

Most places it's fine but some there just isn't enough space on the footpath.
Then you get 2 or 3 in the same place.

I know it's not a problem in the little village you live in but in the big city it is.:bleh:

[mashman]

Most places it's fine but some there just isn't enough space on the footpath.
Then you get 2 or 3 in the same place.

I know it's not a problem in the little village you live in but in the big city it is.:bleh:

So move then :facepalm:

[ducatilover]

So, I can sell my penis, but I have to have health and safety standards involved with other pre-cooked sausages?
Who has ever fallen ill from eating a BBQ sausage?

:rolleyes::(

[onearmedbandit]

It's probably MSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanically_separated_meat) based anyway.

[Flip]

Not a wise thing for the DCC to get into, taxing fund-raisers just seems like a stupid thing to do.

[MSTRS]

Is there even any meat in those sausages?

[onearmedbandit]

Is there even any meat in those sausages?

See my previous post. There is some meat. Along with other goodies. Yum yum.

[Murray]

The new food law will be passed soon and it will require anyone selling food to anyone else to be registered. Supposedly at a one off $50 cost for a small operator. What this means I have no idea but it will cover sausage sizzles, farmers markets (each operator dependent on size of operation). Just another load of bureaucratic rubbish and whose going to patrol it and what is required and what do you get for your registration?????

[Oakie]

Stupid bollocks. I've never had food poisoning from a sausage sizzle

I have. Put me off for ages.

[bikaholic]

I have. Put me off for ages.If my woman ever cooked me a sausage she would be gone.

[jasonu]

So, I can sell my penis,

:rolleyes::(

I doubt you will get any takers...

[jasonu]

Is there even any meat in those sausages?

Of course there is. Lips, arseholes and hooves. All ground up into greasy deliciousness. Boy do I miss cheese sizzlers.

[ducatilover]

I doubt you will get any takers...
True, more likely to poison someone than a pre-cooked sausage.

[Swoop]

According to Te News, Dunedin council have beaten a hasty retreat!

Snags onto the barbie... NOW!

[thecharmed01]

Most places it's fine but some there just isn't enough space on the footpath.
Then you get 2 or 3 in the same place.

I know it's not a problem in the little village you live in but in the big city it is.:bleh:


I'm in the city and I've never seen more than one Sausage Sizzle in one place?

[MSTRS]

Of course there is. Lips, arseholes and hooves. All ground up into greasy deliciousness. Boy do I miss cheese sizzlers.

I shudder to think what 'cheese' might mean...:sick:

[Virago]

According to Te News, Dunedin council have beaten a hasty retreat!

Snags onto the barbie... NOW!

Yep - http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12786836/sausage-sizzle-tax-gets-burned/

[BoristheBiter]

I'm in the city and I've never seen more than one Sausage Sizzle in one place?

before the mall went up in Albany they would block the paths around the plaza and there would be one either side of the doors into the Warehouse.

The big city thing was just a poke at Mashman

[thecharmed01]

before the mall went up in Albany they would block the paths around the plaza and there would be one either side of the doors into the Warehouse.

The big city thing was just a poke at Mashman

LOL
Must be an Auckland thing... crikey. That would just be annoying :P