The government sector may benefit from the material improvement in the safety of seafood products and fewer incidents of food-borne illness through lower utilisation of public health services. While this is a true benefit to government it may not translate into lower public expenditure. For example, public hospitals have an obligation to provide health care for the whole community and for a broad range of ailments and medical emergencies, and will respond to lower utilisation of their services from food-borne illness by providing quicker services to patients with other ailments. In practical terms the benefits to government could be negligible40.
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