I do think the government should provide definitions, to wit certifications. If you call something a “fish stick”, we should know that as a nation the term has been defined and a contract referencing the term need not address all conceivable variations. Likewise “heart surgeon” or “flower arranger” should be uniformly defined, and anyone taking on the term should, unless otherwise redefined in a contract, adhere to the nationally standardized definition thereof; a “heart surgeon” should be accredited as such with X Y and Z training, and a “flower arranger” should presumably be more than someone picking plants off the side of the road and shoving them in containers. The idea is that common folk can use common terms in common ways without being blindsided by uncommon absurd variations thereon; contracts are great, so long as I don’t need 30 pages of legalese to ensure my barber doesn’t decide to cut my hair with Nair.
Definitions are distinct from licensing, where you must beg other citizens for permission to use a moniker.
How is this different than a sticker from a private organization which actually has to prove it’s raison detre?
I don’t think the government can do it better.
I don’t trust everything I read in Consumer Reports, but I buy it anyway. They get my money because I feel like the information I get as a consumer is worth the money that I pay.
See how that works? It’s called Capitalism and it works better than Communism.