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Restaurant inspections in Missouri

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.

Violation list only Run county by county Posting rule not confirmed
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    Who inspects

    Delegated to local public health agencies; the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provides a map to locate agencies that post their own inspection reports online Agency page

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    What the public sees

    A narrative violation list that varies by locality; there is no statewide grade or 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. The FDA Food Code is a model, not a federal mandate — each state decides which edition to adopt and how far to amend it.

Worth knowing. There is no statewide public lookup — the state provides only a map to local agencies. Kansas City's inspection page could not be confirmed as a stable public link and is not listed.
Official inspection lookups — Missouri
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Springfield-Greene County recent food inspectionsCounty
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If you run the restaurant

The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.

Step one

Pull your own record

Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.

Step two

Work the ten risk factors

Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.

Step three

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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