They shouldn’t be forced by Federal statute. However they could by state statute. Problem solved.
The Federal government should not be involved in such minutiae as hand-washing by restaurant workers.
If his stated goal is to reduce regulatory burden on business then what difference does it make if that burden comes at the state level or the federal level? A burden is a burden is a burden. And apparently some burdens, i.e. forcing employees to wash hands, are wrong while while other burdens, i.e. forcing establishments to post signs thate employees don't wash hands, are perfectly OK.
Is that what he was trying to say, or is that what you wish he had said?
“They shouldn’t be forced by Federal statute. However they could by state statute. Problem solved.”
Exactly, this is the kind of thing that needs to be left to the states. Reduce federal bureaucracy, reduce “big government”.
Amen, but they are!! Therein lies the problem with runaway government. See: 18 Trillion dollar debt. Most of what the Federal government does today is UNconstitutional.
Restaurants and fast food eateries have to comply with Board of Health standards, so hand washing should be a part of those regs. How do you enforce it? I don’t know.
They’ll be forced by the market to wash their hands. The market and the lawyers.