Why are consumers paying for a regulatory matter of private industry?

Shouldn’t the Irving refinery absorb the cost and just charge the applicable amount more for it’s products?

What do the governments, or consumers, get in return for subsidizing refinery operations?

If food safety gets updated such that chicken must be frozen 5° colder, do we make a chicken wing tax that consumers pay, then subsidize the cost of freezers? Or does the food supply chain just do it, and adjust costs based on updated operating costs.