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Search results for "food establishment inspectors" ...
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Recipe for Trouble
The authors investigated the role of food establishment inspectors and Pennsylvania's broken restaurant inspection system.
Tags: public safety; food establishments; food poisoning; food establishment inspectors; CDC health reports; Department of Agriculture; FOIA; food-born illnesses
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Recipe for Trouble
This investigation brings to light the flaws in Pennsylvania's health inspection agencies. The reporters found major inconsistencies with how inspectors rated restaurants, determined that some restaurants had not been inspected in years, and found that the lax rules sometimes lead to repeat violations. The investigation includes a sidebar on food-borne illnesses, and a story on the effort it took to acquire and organize the data.
Tags: bacteria; health inspections; inspectors; expired food; restaurants; eating establishments; salmonella; computer-assisted reporting; FOIA
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Who's watching over Kansas City's restaurants?
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.
Tags: food code; foodborne diseases; sanitation; diners; safety; public health; FDA; Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; CAR