Originally published at: THE BAD APPLE: NY Officials SHUT DOWN Child’s LEMONADE STAND for ‘Undercutting Prices’ | Sean Hannity
The New York State Health Department shut down a child’s lemonade stand this week, forcing the seven-year-old to close his shop after multiple complaints from a nearby county fair.
According to Fox News, NY officials ordered the young entrepreneur to cease-and-desist after food purveyors at the fair said the stand was “undercutting their prices.”
“The young entrepreneur, Brendan Mulvaney, was selling lemonade, water and Sno-cones from the porch of his family’s home, which just so happens to be right outside the Saratoga County Fair in upstate New York,” writes Fox. “A woman wearing a Health Department T-shirt turned up Friday and shut it down because the family didn’t have a permit.”
“We are working to better understand the situation but in the meantime want to assure the community that DOH does not issue permits for or oversee lemonade stands”, a spokesperson for the department told the New York Post.
Less than a day after the stand was shut down, officials ordered the family to obtain a food permit; costing $30 and remaining valid for an entire year.
Read the full story at Fox News.
