FOOD INSPECTION PROGRAM :: FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
INSPECTION SCORES
What does the Food
Establishment Inspection Scores document show you?
The Food Establishment Inspection Scores document
lists the name of the facility (in alphabetical order), the location
of the facility, the facilities priority (category), and the last
three inspection dates with the number of demerits received by the
facility.
What does the facility
priority (category) mean?
The 1,750 permitted food establishments and childcare facilities
are divided into three categories based on type of foods served,
amount of food handling involved in preparation, risk factors of
population served, frequency of inspection and time required to
complete the inspection.
Category I - Food establishments selling only pre-packaged
potentially hazardous food or beverages with only minimal handling.
These establishments include bars, packaged grocery stores,
commissaries, and mobile hot/cold trucks.
Category II - This category includes food establishments
that fall into both the medium low and medium high categories. The
medium low category includes food establishments preparing, serving,
or selling foods from pre-cooked ingredients with limited handling.
These establishments include sandwich shops, theaters, childcare
centers, bakeries, produce markets, ice cream shops and convenience
stores. The medium high category includes food establishments
preparing, serving, or selling food from raw meats or seafood,
handling food extensively, or serving a population that has a higher
risk of becoming sick from food borne illness. These establishments
include full service and fast food restaurants, seafood markets,
fresh meat markets, delicatessens, caterers, hospitals and nursing
homes.
Category III - Food establishments who require one or more
additional inspections to correct critical violations observed during
the last routine inspection.
What does the Health
Inspection Score mean?
Inspection scores can range from 0 to 100 demerits
0 is excellent
100 would be unacceptable
0 demerits
means no critical violations were seen at the time
of inspection.
15 demerits could be considered an average inspection score.
25 demerits or above requires a re-inspection of the
establishment.
Food
Establishment Inspection Scores
(pdf)
Disclaimer: the information in this report
represents the number of establishments inspected during the specified
period.
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