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Restaurant inspections in Arizona
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
Arizona Department of Health Services, which has delegated most public health sanitation program responsibilities to the 15 Arizona county environmental health departments Agency page
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What the public sees
There is no statewide format. Maricopa County operates a voluntary A/B/C/D grade-card program and publishes reports showing In Compliance or Out of Compliance status per regulation; Pinal County uses descriptive ratings of Excellent, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement, or Unacceptable. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule varies locally. In Maricopa County, posting a grade card is tied to voluntary participation. Mohave County requires establishments to post their current rating where the public can view it. Rule
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Food code in force
2017 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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| Maricopa County Restaurant Ratings | County |
| Pima County Consumer Health and Food Safety | 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.
Other states
Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia — or see all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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