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Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

By Dan Flynn on July 18, 2019

The Coast Guard’s 65 signal flags and pennants were part of Scott Benson’s life for 20 years. He retired with the rank of Commander and now finds himself an elected Detroit City Councilmember, chairing the…
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Publisher’s Platform: Trump orders his burgers well done

By Bill Marler on February 28, 2017

Bloomberg posted a piece on “How Donald Trump Orders (and Tips) at His Favorite Restaurant” about the 21 Club, which is just a few blocks from Trump Tower in Manhattan.

According to the report:

21 Club jockey logoThe…

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Open Data on Restaurant Inspections a Useful Tool for Consumers and Government

By Lydia Zuraw on October 28, 2015

“My husband ate at this restaurant on Friday 10/16/2015 and was admitted to the ICU with a bacterial infection from food poisioning [sic],” Kari F. wrote on the Mariscos San Juan Yelp page on Oct.
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Honolulu Restaurant Closed for Food Safety Violations

By News Desk on October 18, 2015

Honolulu_406x250The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Sanitation Branch has issued a red “closed” placard to Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood Market located at the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu. Numerous health inspections revealed…
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Data Software Company Aims to Revolutionize Access to Restaurant Inspection Scores

By James Andrews on May 28, 2015

Imagine being able to travel to any city in the country — or even the world — and pull up Yelp, Urbanspoon, or a similar smartphone app and instantly access a universal health inspection scoring…
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Schacht Interview: Using Restaurant Inspection Data to Improve Public Health

By James Andrews on May 14, 2015

Open government consultant and food safety advocate Sarah Schacht sat down with Food Safety News at the 2015 Food Safety Summit in Baltimore, MD, last month to talk about how data from restaurant inspections can…
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Orange County to Reconsider Adopting Restaurant Letter Grades

By News Desk on April 30, 2015

Health officials in Orange County, CA, are reportedly getting ready to again propose rating restaurants with letter grades based on their latest inspection results. There have been two previous attempts to convince the county’s board…
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UW Study Digs into Consumer Perceptions of Restaurant Grading Systems

By James Andrews on March 26, 2015

In recent years, numerous cities around the world have adopted systems that require restaurant health inspection scores to be communicated clearly at the restaurant. In New York City, prospective diners see an A, B, or…
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Seattle’s King County Venturing into Uncharted Territory with New Restaurant Grading System

By James Andrews on February 17, 2015

When Sarah Schacht walked through the doors of an Ethiopian restaurant in Seattle in February 2013 to grab a meal with a friend, the only accessible information she had about the place was its Yelp…
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New App Shows Health Inspection Records for Nearby Restaurants

By James Andrews on November 11, 2014

As a trained chef, Matthew Eierman doesn’t have a lot of forgiveness for health inspection violations at restaurants. As a diner, he’d prefer to avoid establishments with poor health records. “When I go to a…
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