Practice question
A city requires food establishments to follow reasonable sanitation standards directly addressing documented contamination risks. The standards are lawful, reasonably necessary, and not unduly oppressive. Is the mere fact that compliance costs money sufficient to invalidate them?
- Yes; every compliance expense is a constitutional taking.
- Yes; only national government may regulate sanitation.
- Yes; businesses are exempt from police power.
- No, but only if all owners consent.
- No; the stipulated reasonable health regulation is not invalid merely because compliance entails expense.
Legal references
- RA 7160, Section 16: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- White Light Corp. v. City of Manila, G.R. No. 122846, January 20, 2009, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/jan2009/gr_122846_2009.html
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