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by pjmlp 1219 days ago
They surely apply if they happen to get food poisoning and sue you afterwards.
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Shockingly it's actually the fact you gave them food poisoning that decides that one. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Europeans thought that in need of fixing too.
It means that you haven't taken the proper care to prevent it from happening in first place.
There is a difference between being held accountable if your negligence ends up hurting someone vs. proactive audits and reporting requirements - the second has overhead even for those that already have high standards, overhead that is unreasonable outside a business setting.
Proactive audit system seems to be better one to me. It is more predictable - you know in advance which rules you are supposed to follow. It also allows for widely accepted risk standard know in advance to both customers and providers.

The "do what you want and we will punish you hard if luck strikes badly" is less predictable. It has unfair results. It leads to both excessive risk avoidance (because if you are unlucky punishment is disproportionate) and risk taking customer is unable to proactively avoid.