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Restaurant inspections in Louisiana
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
Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Sanitarian Services / Office of Public Health, which permits and inspects nearly 32,000 retail food operations statewide, including in New Orleans Agency page
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What the public sees
A narrative violation list with violations categorized as Critical and non-critical; no letter grade or numeric score is described on the current program page. The site is updated daily with a 7-day delay before posting. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Eat Safe Louisiana (State of Louisiana Health Inspection) | Statewide |
- East Baton Rouge Retail Food Inspections Last updated 2025-10-17
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.
Other states
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