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Restaurant inspections in Alabama
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
Alabama Department of Public Health, with environmental staff in county health departments performing inspections under the Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging Agency page
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What the public sees
A numeric score on a 100-point scale with points deducted per violation: 85-100 is satisfactory, 70-84 requires follow-up within 60 days, 60-69 requires re-inspection within 48 hours, and below 60 triggers immediate closure. Source
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Posting the result
Required to be posted. Inspection reports and permits are required to be posted in conspicuous view within the establishment. Rule
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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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| ADPH Food Establishment Scores | Statewide |
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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