residents at a day care centre in Devon have been banned from receiving cakes from friends on health and safety grounds. When Elaine Richards tried to deliver a Madeira cake to a 96-year-old friend she was told the cake contained unknown ingredients so could not be allowed in case it caused illness in those who ate it. Age Concern, which runs the centre, could be sued, they added. Mrs Richards of Braunton, North Devon, a lifelong member of the Women's Institute, said: “My cakes are perfectly healthy, baked with the finest natural ingredients. I’ve been making cakes for 60 years and have fed a family of four on my cooking. The worst they’ve had is a bit of indigestion from eating too much.” But Andrea Scott, regional director of Age Concern, said food regulation guidelines had to be followed. “We have very many elderly and frail people that attend day care and some are diabetic. If I let one person do this,” she said, “it will open the floodgates.” Daily Mail 2/6/06.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Cake floodgate fear
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residents at a day care centre in Devon have been banned from receiving cakes from friends on health and safety grounds. When Elaine Richards tried to deliver a Madeira cake to a 96-year-old friend she was told the cake contained unknown ingredients so could not be allowed in case it caused illness in those who ate it. Age Concern, which runs the centre, could be sued, they added. Mrs Richards of Braunton, North Devon, a lifelong member of the Women's Institute, said: “My cakes are perfectly healthy, baked with the finest natural ingredients. I’ve been making cakes for 60 years and have fed a family of four on my cooking. The worst they’ve had is a bit of indigestion from eating too much.” But Andrea Scott, regional director of Age Concern, said food regulation guidelines had to be followed. “We have very many elderly and frail people that attend day care and some are diabetic. If I let one person do this,” she said, “it will open the floodgates.” Daily Mail 2/6/06.
residents at a day care centre in Devon have been banned from receiving cakes from friends on health and safety grounds. When Elaine Richards tried to deliver a Madeira cake to a 96-year-old friend she was told the cake contained unknown ingredients so could not be allowed in case it caused illness in those who ate it. Age Concern, which runs the centre, could be sued, they added. Mrs Richards of Braunton, North Devon, a lifelong member of the Women's Institute, said: “My cakes are perfectly healthy, baked with the finest natural ingredients. I’ve been making cakes for 60 years and have fed a family of four on my cooking. The worst they’ve had is a bit of indigestion from eating too much.” But Andrea Scott, regional director of Age Concern, said food regulation guidelines had to be followed. “We have very many elderly and frail people that attend day care and some are diabetic. If I let one person do this,” she said, “it will open the floodgates.” Daily Mail 2/6/06.
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