The Pokémon world had a Food Safety Bureau, which was specifically responsible for providing inspection certificates and the like to food businesses such as Heath's. Applying for a business license required documentation from the Food Safety Bureau; without it, there was no way to get one. Once a business license had been issued, bureau staff would only come for spot checks during the annual review to confirm everything again. However, Heath had already undergone a spot check last month, so in theory, he would not need another until next year. Since the Food Safety Bureau had still come under these circumstances, that meant someone had reported Heath, claiming that his restaurant posed health and safety risks. That was why they had come.
It was like illegally parked cars on the street. If no member of the public reported them, the authorities generally would not get involved, and the cars would simply remain illegally parked. But if someone reported them, the matter would definitely have to be dealt with.
"Of course, of course. I can cooperate with the inspection." Heath was quite calm. There was nothing wrong with his food truck, so how could he worry about anyone finding a problem? It was just that this tactic was rather disgusting. To accommodate the inspection, Heath could only put up a temporarily closed sign and follow the staff around, ready to answer their questions at any moment.
"Sorry about this, Heath. We all know you, but this time... the circumstances are rather unusual." The staff member leading the group looked somewhat apologetic. The Food Safety Bureau actually had some internal lists of its own, and Heath's Food Truck was a new name on one of them. The reason was that even when bureau employees had come to eat privately, they had found