More food being tossed at Taste

The Chicago Reporter says the amount of food being thrown away at Taste - due to temperature violations - is increasing in recent years:

An investigation by The Chicago Reporter shows that Taste of Chicago vendors have discarded more food in the last few years, even as vendor participation dropped last year.
In 2008, the last year for which data were available, more than a ton of food was thrown out, mostly due to temperature violations. That amount was a four percent increase from the prior year and 27 percent increase since 2006, according to Chicago Department of Public Health documents obtained by the Reporter.

Food inspectors say they are "on guard" at the festival, but they don't hand out violations, as they might at a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Rather, they say, they're in a consultant role.