Shock for Christmas market: country women are no longer allowed to sell cakes!

Shock for Christmas market: country women are no longer allowed to sell cakes!

Bordesholm, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland - in Bordesholm, Schleswig-Holstein, an EU regulation causes excitement and disappointment among the country women. These now have to submit to the strict regulations of EU regulation No. 852/2004, which they classify as a "food company". This means that you are not allowed to sell homemade cakes or cakes on the popular Christmas market stalls, which means a bitter loss for the local country women and visitors. Claudia Jargstorf, the chairwoman of the Bordesholm Land Women's Association, told the "Kieler Nachrichten" that the income from cake sale was used for charitable purposes - last year there were around 10,500 euros.

strict editions without exceptions

The authorities justify the need for this regulation with hygiene regulations, which are often not fulfilled for private kitchens. Although there were mostly only warning instructions in other communities for similar events, the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district met with incomprehension when the country women asked about an exception. "There is no such number of visitors due to the high number of visitors," said the organizer of the Christmas market, Ulrich Schuster, about the disappointing answer of the authorities. This decision shakes a tradition that is of central importance for the market in Bordesholm.

The effects can also be felt in other regions. In North Friesland, the country women complain that more and more of their baked goods are no longer coming from their own kitchens. Magret Albrecht, the chairwoman of the country women in North Friesland, explains that the strict regulations lead to self -baked products must be replaced by the products of bakeries. This not only questions the tradition of baking, but also endangers the cultural identity associated with the traditional cakes. "If you bake cakes yourself, do not make a cream cake, but choose something baked," advises Albrecht.

The considerations related to the sale of cakes are also driving the discussion about modern hygiene standards. In a survey, it is asked whether people accept self -baked people from the kitchens of the country women or whether the strict hygiene requirements must be expected. This debate shows how important the tradition of baking is despite strict regulations - and that it may not be preserved for all events, as the examples from Bordesholm and North Friesland make clear. Read more about this in the articles of Krone and Shz .