Number	18821
Subject	Restaurants
Source	Star (Kansas City, Mo.)
State	MO
Year	2001
Publication Date	Jan. 28, 29, 31, Feb. 1, 2, 9, 13, 21, March 2, 8, April 19, 27, May 10, July 30, Aug. 8, Jan. 11 (2002)
Summary	The Kansas City Star reports on severe sanitation problems at city's restaurants. The investigation main findings include that roughly 800 food establishments had gone a year or more without routine inspection; the inspection staff is generally inexperienced and poorly paid; the city food code lacks serious financial penalties and is based on 25-year-old federal standards many other cities abandoned years ago. The stories document about 20,000 food code violations discovered by city inspectors from 1996 to 1999. In some instances, inspectors ignored sanitation problems that could have led to closing of a restaurant.
Category	None
Pages	48
Keywords	food code;foodborne diseases;sanitation;diners;safety;public health;FDA;Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition;CAR
Related Links	http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html, www.foodsafety/gov/foodsafe.html, www.restaurantsafety.com
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