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