> Why do any intelligent consumers believe they can be relied on? Because they know the reason for all those regulations: we started without them and people ha

> Why do any intelligent consumers believe they can be relied on? Because they know the reason for all those regulations: we started without them and people had such a bad time they decided restrictions on businesses were an improvement. And they were right, in all of human history there probably hasn't been a time when commercially produced food was safer than today. > If the government doesn't enforce labels, sensible consumers can pool their funds and pay laboratories to analyze the food for them We can do that either way, and it is in fact done.