ARNPRIOR, ONT. For the past three weeks, Darren Wood and his team of volunteers have been working to prepare more than 200 Christmas meals for people in need around Arnprior. But all that work is set to be thrown out, literally, with the Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) telling Wood that the meals cannot be served to the public. “The main sticking point was that the main part of the meal, the turkeys, were cooked by myself and volunteers in our homes, as opposed to in an inspected kitchen,” says Wood. “This is how it’s been done, though, for the last 12 years.”
ARNPRIOR, ONT. Arnprior restaurants are stepping up to help with Christmas meal deliveries that were in jeopardy because of health and safety concerns. Community volunteer Darren Wood was working to put together more than 200 Christmas meals for those in need around Arnprior, but the local health unit stopped it. The Renfrew County and District Health Unit said that because the meals were being prepared in unlicensed kitchens they could put people at risk. “The main sticking point was that the main part of the meal, the turkeys, were cooked by myself and volunteers in our homes, as opposed to in an inspected kitchen,” Wood told CTV News on Wednesday. “This is how it’s been done, though, for the last 12 years.”