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Restaurant inspections in Utah
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 13 local health departments; the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) writes and interprets state food safety standards and trains local staff, and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food shares retail program responsibility Agency page
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What the public sees
A numeric score plus a risk-level ranking, varying by locality. In Salt Lake County, violations carry 1, 3, or 6 points and the point total is the inspection score (lower is better), with establishments ranked against peers in the same risk level rather than shown a simple letter grade or score. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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Food code in force
2022 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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| Salt Lake County inspection search | County |
| Utah County restaurant inspection reports | 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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