@futurelaker88: it changes the liability for the restaurant. When you sue, the most you can usually recover is your actual damages. If you are served bad food and don’t eat it, what are your damages? Answer: only the cost of the food, which is unlikely to be above $20, and if you bring it to the attention of the manager, they’ll replace it.
The only way you’re going to make a million on it is if you have serious health problems as a result of eating it—and if you ate it knowing it was bad food, that’s your liability, not the restaurant’s.
If the place is unsanitary and frequently serves bad food, the thing to do is not to sue, but to call the health department. That is what they do; that is their purpose. And they don’t have to commit fraud to accomplish it.