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Restaurant inspections in Hawaii
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
Hawaii State Department of Health, Environmental Health Services Division, Sanitation Branch / Food Safety Branch Agency page
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What the public sees
A color-coded placard: GREEN, YELLOW, or RED, under the DOH placarding program implemented February 24, 2014; a red placard means the establishment is closed until a successful follow-up inspection. Source
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Posting the result
Required to be posted. The Department of Health issues and posts the color-coded placard at the establishment under the placarding program. Rule
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Food code in force
2013 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.
| Where to search | Coverage |
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| State of Hawaii DOH inspection search | 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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