Single mother in California facing imprisonment over private transaction on Facebook food group
‘A single Californian mom with six children is facing a possible jail sentence for selling homemade food on a Facebook community food group.
Several years ago, Stockton resident Mariza Ruelas joined a Facebook food and recipe trading group called 209 Food Spot. There, Ruelas and other cooking enthusiasts would trade recipes, organize pot luck dinners, and sometimes sell their home cooking to group members who lived nearby. Occasionally, Ruelas would sell or trade her signature version of ceviche – a classic Latin-American seafood dish – to friends or contacts on 209 Food Spot.
One day, she received an order for her ceviche through the Facebook group from a person whom she thought was just another food enthusiast, but who in fact was a San Joaquin County undercover agent.’
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