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by foolfoolz 558 days ago
we already have this in the FDA. it’s just isolated to nutrient labels for most foods. the deposit is your business. failing a random annual FDA inspection is already extremely financially impactful

what you’re looking for is deeper analysis than nutrition labels. this is actually something small local brands start with. they pay for private “certifications” like organic, non gmo, etc.

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> failing a random annual FDA inspection

What is involved in that inspection and what does it take to actually fully fail it? Is it like most government tests where the first failure means you just have to fix the problems and schedule your retest?

> they pay for private “certifications” like organic, non gmo, etc.

As a consumer these have the _least_ value out of anything on the label to me.

If we had what I described then we wouldn't have fake honey on shelves.