If you read my post #14 you would have ascertained that I liked the buffer aspect. You seem to want to do away with government inspections of food in general. I find that F***ed up.
You are assuming that the government inspectors are an effective buffer. I find that f***ed up! I feel the solution to higher quality foods in out markets lies in the hands of smaller farms, and packing plants, run buy people who are proud of the products they produce.
Government intrusion should be limited to only spot inspection of facilities to ensure that flagrant health violations are not present.
In this day and age, between the USDA and the EPA a farmer or even a small machine shop has to deal with so much government legislated CRAP it isn’t funny.