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Restaurant inspections in Rhode Island

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.

Not confirmed One statewide program Posting rule not confirmed
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    Who inspects

    Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), Center for Food Protection / Office of Food Protection Agency page

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    What the public sees

    Not confirmed from an official source.

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    Posting the result

    Posting rule not confirmed.

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    Food code in force

    2017 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.

Worth knowing. The state portal is live, but the exact result format it shows could not be confirmed from outside. The health department's food safety regulations page now lists a 2022 FDA Food Code item, which is more recent than the FDA's last published adoption report.
Official inspection lookups — Rhode Island
Where to searchCoverage
Rhode Island food inspection reports portalStatewide
Bulk data

No official bulk or API dataset found. Results are available one establishment at a time, or by public records request.

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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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