OVER SERVING THEIR OWN STAFF. THIS NEW RULE FROM THE ABEL COMMISSION ESTABLISHES CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR HOW MUCH BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS CAN BE TASTED AND TESTED. WE DID AN INVESTIGATION WHICH RESULTED IN SOME CITATIONS BEING WRITTEN, AND WE DISCOVERED SOME CONCERNING PRACTICES THAT WERE GOING ON SURROUNDING THESE TASTINGS, LORI CARTER WITH THE OKLAHOMA ABEL COMMISSION, SAYS AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED A LOCAL RESTAURANT WAS SERVING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL DURING EMPLOYEE TASTINGS, THE COMMISSION MOVED QUICKLY TO PASS NEW RULES. EMPLOYEES CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE ON DUTY UP TO 18OZ OF WINE AND SOME SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT. SO ON WEDNESDAY, THE STATE COMMISSIONAPPROVED AN EMERGENCY RULE THATRILLIONEQUIRES. THE FOLLOWING TASTINGS HAPPEN AT A LICENSED RESTAURANT. TASTINGS MUST BE POURED BY A LICENSED SERVER EMPLOYEE. NEED TO BE 21 OR OLDER TO PARTICIPATE AND ARE VOLUNTEERING, AND A MAXIMUM FOR HOW MUCH BEER, WINE OR LIQUOR AN EMPLOYEE CAN TASTE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU JUST MADE SURE EVERYBODY WAS 21 AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE HIRING PRACTICE, YOU GET ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION.
YOU KNOW HOW OLD THEY ARE. DIANA OGLE, MANAGING PARTNER AT SEAN CUMMINGS IRISH PUB IN OKC, WAS SURPRISED THE STATE WOULD EVEN HAVE TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS, BUT EXPECTS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW AS IT ALREADY FALLS IN LINE WITH THE STANDARDS FOR SERVING FLIGHTS TO PATRONS. THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I'D EVER EVEN THOUGHT OF BEING A PROBLEM. UM, UM, SO THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK. AND THE ABEL COMMISSION TELLS ME THEY HAVE ALREADY SENT THATRILLIONULE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, WHO WILL THEN.