I know you all love a Facebook selling thread

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So here's a news article.

Facebook: Home food businesses concern FSA watchdog www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51475289

"BBC News found a wide variety of food for sale by unregistered sellers on Facebook Marketplace. This included cooked meals and baked goods - and in one case, a whole deer."

"The BBC conducted a series of test purchases across the Midlands, buying goat curry, cake, roast chicken and chocolate party cones for children from sellers advertising on Facebook Marketplace. None of the sellers indicated they were registered, had been inspected or had a food hygiene rating."

I know people sometimes advertise cake-making businesses, but apart from that, who is actually buying this stuff? Apart from investigative journalists, I mean.

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I've always wondered this. We get posts on ours from people who have cooked too much dinner and try and sell the leftovers for a couple of pounds. People have asked about hygiene certs and got the reply of 'Just tryin 2 help someone hun'.

The one that amused me was a girl constantly posting in the local group looking for a cash and carry for sweets. A month later she was trying to flog said sweets now decanted into food bags for about 5 times the cost. I couldn't resist commenting 'Oh, you found the cash and carry then?'

Seriously though, you could live in a pit and have a kitchen full of cats. I'm not buying anything edible from you.

I haven't seen anything like this. But surely if you cook too much dinner you put it in the fridge and eat it the next day, saving you time and money.

This frustrates me in the animal world too. I started a vegetarian dog treat company (just as the occasional treat NOT a complete diet - dogs are not vegetarians!)

I bought product from a registered company at wholesale prices and sold at summer and Christmas fairs. I was always being undercut by amateurs who made treats in their home kitchens. If anything animal food production is even more stringent than human food production. I had to give up in the end I just couldn't compete with people who didn't have the proper hygiene etc certificates.