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Restaurant inspections in New Hampshire

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.

Varies by county Statewide, with local carve-outs Posting rule not confirmed
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    Who inspects

    Statewide with 15 self-inspecting communities; NH DHHS Food Protection licenses and inspects roughly 5,000 food service establishments, with local health officers regulating in the 15 self-inspecting communities Agency page

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    What the public sees

    A state performance audit describes NH Food Protection Section inspection results as color-coded green/yellow/red result codes. Manchester generates a separately scored report. Format varies by locality. Source

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    Posting the result

    Posting rule not confirmed.

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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.

Worth knowing. Results after December 15, 2025 are on an online portal; earlier results are available by email request. Results exclude the 15 self-inspecting communities. Manchester provides scored reports on request rather than online.
Official inspection lookups — New Hampshire
Where to searchCoverage
NH DHHS — Learn About Food Inspections & View ResultsStatewide
City of Keene — Search Existing Food LicenseCity
City of Dover interactive inspection status mapCity
Bulk data

No official bulk or API dataset found. Results are available one establishment at a time, or by public records request.

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If you run the restaurant

The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.

Step one

Pull your own record

Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.

Step two

Work the ten risk factors

Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.

Step three

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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