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Restaurant inspections in Indiana
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
Delegated to 95 local health departments; the Indiana Department of Health's Retail Safety Program inspects retail food establishments on state property and supports local health departments with resources and training Agency page
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What the public sees
A narrative report built from a checklist that the inspector must complete and explain; violations are classified critical/non-critical in practice. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed. Marion County's search tool states that state law requires inspection reports not be posted until ten days after the inspection date. Rule
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Food code in force
2001 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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| Marion County Department of Food and Consumer Safety inspection search | County |
| Porter County Food Service Inspections | County |
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
Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.
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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