EDITORIAL RICE CAKE MADNESS GETTING THE COUNTY OUT OF THE KITCHEN.SOMEHOW, Korean civilization managed to survive for thousands of years without the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) in Los Angeles County's department providing public and personal health services to the over 10 million residents in the County. . And all the while Koreans ate rice cakes - without catastrophe. But last July, the bureaucracy decided that its wisdom transcended the ages. It issued new food inspection guidelines ordering vendors to refrigerate traditional Korean rice cakes immediately after baking them. The only problem is that refrigerating rice cakes causes them to harden and become almost indigestible in·di·gest·i·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to digest: an indigestible meal. in . And there are no documented cases of food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that from Korean rice cakes in L.A. County. The county's regulation is a classic case of government overreach overreach the error in a fast gait when the toe of a hindhoof of a horse strikes and injures the back of the pastern of the leg on the same side. overreach boot , with bureaucrats thinking they alone know what's in your best interest. A bill in the state Legislature would protect the rice cake from the county's meddling med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. . Let's hope it passes quickly, and that county bureaucrats get the message: they're public servants, not kitchen cops. |
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