Police shut down girls’ lemonade stand for not having permit

Two Texas sisters with entrepreneurial spirits decided to throw a lemonade stand to raise money for a Father’s Day gift. Andria Green, 8, and her sister, Zooey, 7, were selling lemonade for 50 cents and kettle corn for $1 on their street in Overtown last weekend. Their goal was to raise $105 to buy their dad tickets to the nearby waterpark Splash Kingdom. Business was going well and they had already made $27, when a local police officer showed up on the scene and told them to shut down because they didn’t have a permit. A family friend offered to help out and went downtown to obtain the “Peddler’s Permit” and the city waived the $150 but the staff member also said the girls needed to receive approval from the health department and undergo a kitchen inspection. Overton Police Chief Clyde Carter told Yahoo that Texas law states the sale of food requiring temperature control is illegal without a permit and health inspection. “It’s because of the bacteria that can grow in the lemonade,” Carter told Yahoo. “The popcorn they were selling was perfectly legal.”...more