[hanamizu]

They should be required to have a warrant to search for compliance.

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I’ve never heard of health inspectors requiring a warrant to enter a restaurant. I think if the restaurant refuses them entry, they simply shut it down.

[Yogafist]

Except this is not checking the cleanliness and safety of the food service. This is searching for evidence of another “crime” not under the focus of their enforcement authority.

[txeagle]

Don’t know about NY but in Texas a business owner can require an administrative warrant be issued. I don’t think it was common but I could see it becoming so as government intrusiveness continues.