Orange County restaurant inspection records show 32 food establishments received at least once critical violation so far in June, according to the most recent data released by New York state.
Inspection reports are public documents, and the online database at data.recordonline.com has the results of inspections in Middletown 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 food-borne illnesses.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: June restaurant inspections show 32 critical violations In Orange County
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