[LS]

Well, not really. This is a very, very long-standing tradition in America of something called “Sunshine Laws,” deriving from the Middle Ages and “caveat emptor,” in which it was assumed that if the consumer has information, the consumer will make the right decision. I agree it’s not pure “free market,” but it’s nothing new and was always designed as a consumer friendly process that respected consumers instead of, say, forcing them to buy seat belts.

[DoodleDawg]

This is a very, very long-standing tradition in America of something called “Sunshine Laws,” deriving from the Middle Ages and “caveat emptor,” in which it was assumed that if the consumer has information, the consumer will make the right decision.

But he seems to be saying that it is the governments job to force the restaurant to disclose the information. Where is that different from the government requiring proper sanitary practices to begin with?