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Restaurant inspections in Delaware

Who inspects, where the record lives, what the public actually sees, and whether it has to be posted on the door. Every line below links to the government source it came from.

Violation list only One statewide program Posting rule not confirmed
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    Who inspects

    Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Food Protection Agency page

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    What the public sees

    The public table shows Establishment, Address, City, Zip, County, Inspection Type, Inspection Date and Violations, with no score or grade. Source

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    Posting the result

    Posting rule not confirmed.

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    Food code in force

    2017 FDA Food Code. The FDA Food Code is a model, not a federal mandate — each state decides which edition to adopt and how far to amend it.

Worth knowing. The public lookup covers the past two years and is described as updated on a weekly basis. A direct CSV export is also available at data.delaware.gov/api/views/hze2-h54j/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD, but its last-updated date was not visible on the fetched page.
Official inspection lookups — Delaware
Where to searchCoverage
Food Establishment Inspection ReportsStatewide
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If you run the restaurant

The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.

Step one

Pull your own record

Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.

Step two

Work the ten risk factors

Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.

Step three

Fix, document, re-inspect

Dated photos and a written correction log are what a re-inspection rewards. What to do after a bad inspection.

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Other states

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