This is amazing! For the first 25 years of my life I engaged in criminal activity and didn't even know it. If you live in Arizona, you've probably committed the crime, too.
It turns out that according to a strict reading of the law it is illegal to have a potluck dinner outside of the workplace in the state of Arizona. "Noncommercial social events" are only exempt from food safety regulations and health department inspections if they occur "at a workplace." By extension, that means if a potluck is held in your house or a non-business location like a church, it's against the law. People who break this law can be fined or even arrested for the crime.
In 2013, a dude hosting a potluck in his trailer at Golden Acres Mobile Home Park in Apache Junction, AZ, managed to upset his neighbor somehow. The neighbor complained to the authorities that the little-known potluck law was being flagrantly broken, leading to an investigation into whether the dude should be punished for allowing TaterTot Casserole and Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise onto the premises.
There's legislation underway to get the law modified to something less ridiculously prohibitive. (Arizona House of Representatives bill HB 2341 ...you can't make this stuff up.)
In the meantime, beware all you scofflaws and church potluck goers!
Beware all the lawbreaking baby shower hostesses!
You are the criminal element, and you didn't even realize it!
It turns out that according to a strict reading of the law it is illegal to have a potluck dinner outside of the workplace in the state of Arizona. "Noncommercial social events" are only exempt from food safety regulations and health department inspections if they occur "at a workplace." By extension, that means if a potluck is held in your house or a non-business location like a church, it's against the law. People who break this law can be fined or even arrested for the crime.
In 2013, a dude hosting a potluck in his trailer at Golden Acres Mobile Home Park in Apache Junction, AZ, managed to upset his neighbor somehow. The neighbor complained to the authorities that the little-known potluck law was being flagrantly broken, leading to an investigation into whether the dude should be punished for allowing TaterTot Casserole and Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise onto the premises.
There's legislation underway to get the law modified to something less ridiculously prohibitive. (Arizona House of Representatives bill HB 2341 ...you can't make this stuff up.)
In the meantime, beware all you scofflaws and church potluck goers!
Beware all the lawbreaking baby shower hostesses!
You are the criminal element, and you didn't even realize it!
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