>If a restaurant is not required to disclose this information, how would one ever find out? Ask them whether the food is homemade, and if they refuse to tell y

>If a restaurant is not required to disclose this information, how would one ever find out? Ask them whether the food is homemade, and if they refuse to tell you, assume it isn't? Sure, they could lie, but that's already illegal. If there's consumer demand for home-made food at restaurants, why can't they start advertising home-made dishes on their own? Why is a mandate necessary?