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Are you from the US? It is not at all difficult to imagine a situation where a restaurant worker is trained to do something like the following when an allergen
by RayVR 2y ago
Are you from the US?
It is not at all difficult to imagine a situation where a restaurant worker is trained to do something like the following when an allergen is raised as an issue by a customer:
1. Check the labels of any items used in the dish
2. substitute or leave out anything listing the allergen
This may seem...basic. However, if the restaurant has an incident with an allergen affecting a customer that notified them, and they show they followed these instructions, they can shift liability to whichever food producer left the allergen off the label.
Regulations and liability don't care about common sense. In fact, they supersede common sense.
- jey 2y ago> Regulations and liability don't care about common sense. In fact, they supersede common sense. Exactly. And there's a result in economics called the "Coase theorem" that basically says that as long as there's clear liability assignment, the negative externality (serious allergic reactions) can be efficiently avoided, in theory. So having regulations that make it unambiguous who is responsible for each step creates a better outcome for society (fewer deaths from allergic reactions). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem
- userbinator 2y agoYes, and there is already a list of ingredients that should have everything, not just the common allergens. Regulations and liability don't care about common sense. In fact, they supersede common sense. That's the problem, and why more than half the country voted to want it solved.