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Non-authoritarian solution is to have certification. It will be up to consumer to buy only food certified by PureFood.

I don't think a world where Yelp and the BBB managed the food safety ratings of restaurants would be a good one. That's a "solution", but is it a solution?

Besides, my tomatoes are certified safe by Nutr-Alert and SafeCo. SafeCo even lets me doctor the lab results myself, for a little extra! I'm still in negotiation with PureFood, but I'm sure this little speedbump will be ironed out before you know it. Iron is good for you, anyway; they don't even test for that.

You can still have a government FDA agency, but with a voluntary certification program. The problem is everyone prefers authoritarian solutions.

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