# I pit the restaurant with a cat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866 "2008-11-21T17:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866/81 "2008-11-24T21:17:13Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > [FDA site with laws regarding live animals in restaurants in the US - 2005.](http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodcode.html)From Chapter 6, Physical Facilities: > Your pet cat wandering around the dining area or the kitchen is not allowed by these guidelines. It is my understanding that Canada has similar rules. Those appear to be guidelines, not laws. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866/82 "2008-11-24T21:27:58Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Those appear to be guidelines, not laws. And how, pray tell, do you think the counties come up with their laws? Throwing darts? Are we now expected to provide cites for several hundred counties every time we talk about widespread laws in the U.S.? Look, I sincerely apologize that the whole world isn’t like London, but it isn’t. That’s just not how it works here. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866/83 "2008-11-24T22:37:45Z")
Those are the guidelines of the Federal Drug Administration - it is my understanding that these are the guidelines health inspectors use to shut down restaurants that do not meet these guidelines. I don’t think you’d go to jail for breaking them, but you would probably be fined and shut down until you fixed the problems. In other words, these are the laws of food service in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866/84 "2008-11-24T22:43:42Z")
(Parody of Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin) Did you ever think when you eat Chinese? It ain’t pork or chicken but a fat Siamese Yet the food tastes great so you don’t complain But that’s not chicken in you chicken chow mien Seems to me I ordered sweet ‘n sour pork But Garfield’s on my fork He’s purring here on my fork There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon The place that I eat everyday at noon They could feed you cat and you’ll never know Once they wrap it up in dough, boys They fry it real crisp in dough Chow Lin asked if I wanted more As he was dialing up his buddy at the old pet store I said, “Not today I lost my appetite. There’s two cats in my belly and they want to fight.” I was suckin’ on a Rolaid and a Tums or two When I swear I heard it meow And that is when I knew There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon Think I gotta stop eatin’ there at noon They say that it’s beef or fish or pork But it’s purring there on my fork There’s a hairball on my fork [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-restaurant-with-a-cat/473866.md?page=4)