Dutchess County restaurant inspection records showed 20 food establishments received a critical violation so far in June, according to the most recent data released by New York state.
Of the restaurants inspected in the county through June 18, a Beacon pizzeria was found with nine critical violations in inspections dated on two consecutive days. The review also specified 13 non-critical violations over the two days, according to the records.
Inspection reports are public documents, and the online database at data.poughkeepsiejournal.com has the results of inspections in Poughkeepsie and across New York. Readers can see when a facility was last inspected and get a summary of the violations inspectors found.
The database can be searched by county, or type in a name or address to find records for a specific restaurant.
Each report is a snapshot in time, reflecting observations from a single day when inspectors were in the restaurant.
Keep in mind the world of restaurant inspections is fluid. Your favorite eatery might have received a handful of violations and then quickly cleaned up and passed the next inspection with none. A clean slate in one report also doesn’t mean problems can’t arise later.
Many problems can often be traced to food service employees who either ignore standard operating procedures or show up ill and pass on foodborne illnesses.
This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Inspections show 20 Dutchess County restaurants received violations in June
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