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Restaurant inspections in Georgia
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.
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Who inspects
Georgia Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, carried out through county environmental health offices; the Georgia Department of Agriculture regulates retail food stores Agency page
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What the public sees
A 100-point score converted to a letter grade: A is 90-100, B is 80-89, C is 70-79, U is 69 or less. Source
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Posting the result
Required to be posted. Food service establishments are required to post the most current inspection report within fifteen feet of the front or primary door and between five and seven feet from the floor; drive-thru windows must post the top one-third of a copy. Rule
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Food code in force
2017 FDA Food Code (Dept. of Agriculture); 2013 FDA Food Code (Dept. of Public Health). The FDA Food Code is a model, not a federal mandate — each state decides which edition to adopt and how far to amend it.
| Where to search | Coverage |
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| GA DPH Environmental Health Inspections | Statewide |
No official bulk or API dataset found. Results are available one establishment at a time, or by public records request.
If you run the restaurant
The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.
Pull your own record
Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.
Work the ten risk factors
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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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