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Restaurant inspections in Maine
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
Maine CDC / Department of Health and Human Services, Health Inspection Program Agency page
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What the public sees
Results show inspection status (e.g. 'Failed') plus counts of critical (C) and non-critical (NC) violations with rule citations; no letter grade or numeric score. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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Food code in force
2009 FDA Food Code (with Supplement). 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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| Maine Health Inspection Program 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
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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