[lobster_johnson]

Sure. Kosher certification works because companies cooperate; but the network and trust has taken years and money to build, and it only works because there is enough critical mass in the system for a company to lose by not participating.

[smsm42]

So, you're saying if nobody among the consumers needs these certifications it wouldn't work. And you say it like it is a bad thing?

Of course, this means the government loses a way to enforce arbitrary restrictions that nobody of the consumers actually need but that promote some political or special interest agenda. Tell me please again, how is it a bad thing?