1. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2nd ed. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 Alcohol Safety

2. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Chapter Objectives Identify the major areas of legal concern for foodservice operations Discuss legal liability related to alcohol sales for foodservice operations Explain what dramshop laws are Detect the signs of intoxication in a person Discuss blood alcohol content (BAC) Identify the BAC line in your state Conduct alcohol training and industry certification

3. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Areas of legal concern Illegal sales and licensure issues Control states and license states Sales to minors Sales to visibly intoxicated persons Sales to habitual drunkards

4. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Legal Liability Dramshop liability Common law liability Negligence per se

5. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Dramshop Laws Third-Party Liability – Creates a statutory cause of action against the seller of alcoholic beverages

6. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Signs of Intoxication Slurred speech Impaired motor skills Bloodshot eyes Heightened emotional senses

7. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Blood Alcohol Content A measure of the amount of alcohol in the human blood system Measured in drops per thousand: for example, 1 drop of alcohol per 1,000 drops of blood =.10 BAC; 1 drop of alcohol per 1,200 drops of blood =.08 BAC

8. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. State BAC issues Affects driving under the influence (DUI) issues in most states All states have now lowered the DUI threshold to.08 Source: U.S. Department of Labor (June 2001)

9. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. Training and Certification Training and re-training staff is important for reducing the operation’s liability T.I.P.S. training C.A.R.E. training

10. © 2008 Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. Schmid: The Hospitality Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits, 2 nd ed. CONCLUSION