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Restaurant inspections in West Virginia
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 county/local health departments; the WV Office of Environmental Health Services (OEHS), Public Health Sanitation Division, provides the state food program Agency page
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What the public sees
Format varies by locality with no statewide grade or score. Gilmer County publishes a violation-count rating of Good (0-4 violations), Fair (5-9), or Poor (10+); Mineral County publishes monthly scores; Monongalia County publishes narrative reports. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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Food code in force
2013 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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| Kanawha-Charleston Health Department food inspections | County |
| Monongalia County Health Department inspection portal | 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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