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> If I get sick from food poisoning, I can sue the companies responsible for giving me that food. Except that is not how food safety is achieved. There are st
by krisoft 3y ago
> If I get sick from food poisoning, I can sue the companies responsible for giving me that food.
Except that is not how food safety is achieved. There are strict rules about how food must be stored, prepared. How the facilities must be cleaned and how the personal must be trained. If these are not met inspectors can and will shut a commercial operation down even if nobody got sick.
And if they follow all best practices they have a good chance of arguing they were not at fault with your illness (besides the point it makes it much less likely to happen in the first place.)
- josephg 3y ago> Except that is not how food safety is achieved. Food safety is achieved via a combination of strict rules (equivalent of best practices) and liability in case of harm. There's been plenty of quite famous court cases over the years stemming from bad food being sold leading to people getting sick and dying.