Metaphor, but sure, quite literally they're not dogs. Very true.
> companies have obligations that they need to fulfill and they're choosing to neglect them.
From our eyes they're neglecting to follow the spirit of a policy. From their eyes, they're following it to the letter of the policy. Perspective.
Can company choose to produce sesame products? (I assume: yes)
Can company choose solely sesame products, without doing sesame-free stuff? (I assume: yes)
If new regulation comes along, and business deems new requirement is unacceptably high, can it pivot to a different market where it can reuse same investments? (I assume: yes)
Law can be flawed. (Because people definitely are)
Maybe it can be improved? E.g. require random testing, and then say there are 7 seeds in every 100000 of pies.