Nice tale, not sure I believe it. I’ve had sit-down dinners for well over 100 people at my home, numerous times, in a state much more fascistic than Nevada. Some catered, some byo. Never did any govt official say boo about the quality of the chow.
Quail Hollow Farm owners, Monte and Laura Bledsoe met with Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) officials last week along with Commissioner Tom Collins after a SNHD inspector threatened to shut down a Farm-to-Fork Dinner at the farm on Friday, October 21 because the meat for the dinner had not been USDA certified. The meeting, scheduled by Collins’ staff, was meant to resolve issues arising from the incident and avoid future problems.It appears to have really happened, and also appears to have been not nearly so surprising as this thread suggests.According to SNHD officials, the reason that the event had come to the attention of the SNHD in the first place was because it had been an advertised event and was open to the public as a paid dinner. If guests had not been paying for the dinner, it would not have come under the eyes of the district, officials said.
“If no money is exchanged, then there is no expectation of sanitation in Nevada,” stated SNHD official Susan LeBay at Wednesday’s meeting.
But LeBay said that, with appropriate lead time, district staff were willing to work with the Bledsoes to find a way to do what they wanted.
I do think government overregulates, but given the general nature of regulation, you can't run a public restaurant on your farm and not expect to have to follow the health department rules.