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Restaurant inspections in Wisconsin
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
Statewide with delegation: the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), Division/Bureau of Food and Recreational Safety, licenses and inspects, while 'agent' local health departments inspect in their own jurisdictions Agency page
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What the public sees
A narrative violation list; no letter grade or numeric score is published on the state portal. Local agent departments present the same report format. 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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| Wisconsin DATCP inspection portal | Statewide |
| Oneida County Public Health inspections & licensing | 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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