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Berlin Senate Advances Plan to Repeal Clean Kitchen Law

Senatorin Badenberg argues the repeal will ease bureaucratic strain on district offices despite critics saying it removes vital transparency measures

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Overview

  • Berlin’s justice administration has submitted a three-page draft to repeal the Saubere-Küchen-Gesetz with stakeholder feedback due by June 16
  • The 2021 law, effective in 2023, required eateries to display hygiene control results but yielded only three published ratings due to district office staffing shortages
  • Senatorin Felor Badenberg says lifting the transparency requirements will relieve district authorities of tasks that duplicate federal and EU oversight
  • Consumer groups including Foodwatch and FragDenStaat warn that scrapping the measure will favor noncompliant businesses and undermine customer rights
  • Critics highlight Denmark’s Smiley System as a proven model for publishing hygiene ratings without significant additional administrative burdens