Public health authorities provide a combination of regulatory oversight and industry incentives to contain the risk of foodborne outbreaks and illnesses,
To ensure sufficient hygienic and safety standards at food outlets, food authorities inspect the Food Business Operator (FBO) as per the laid out regulatory protocols as well their own hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) practices. To enable confidence and safety measures, inspector rankings serve an important purpose of informing the consumer of the relative safety index. Food inspector rankings are hailed as an outstanding example of combining mandated disclosure with consumer decision making (Fung, Graham, & Weil, 2007). Ben-Shahar and Schneider (2011) also opine that inspector hygiene rankings stand apart as a noteworthy public safety alternative. It is important to note that such rankings have significant ‘last mile’ touchpoints, wherein the end-user, i.e., consumer perception and subsequent behaviour is critical in the success of such policy intervention.