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Restaurant inspections in Mississippi
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
Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), which inspects and grades all Mississippi food facilities statewide Agency page
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What the public sees
A letter grade of A, B, or C: A means no critical violations; B means critical violations were found and corrected during the inspection; C means critical violations were not corrected during the inspection, or repeat critical violations occurred. Immediate public-health hazards result in closure. Source
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Posting the result
Required to be posted. State regulation requires the establishment to post the current Food Permit/Inspection Record in a location conspicuous to consumers, and letter grades shall be assigned and posted accordingly. Rule
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Food code in force
2022 FDA Food Code (with Supplement). 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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| MSDH Restaurant Inspection Search | 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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