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Restaurant inspections in Oregon

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.

Numeric score Run county by county Required to be posted
  • 01

    Who inspects

    Delegated to county Local Public Health Authorities operating under Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Food Sanitation Rules; the Oregon Department of Agriculture covers retail food stores Agency page

  • 02

    What the public sees

    A numeric score out of 100 plus a pass/fail placard. Priority violations deduct 5 points and priority-foundation violations 3 points; a restaurant must score 70 to pass. The posted notice reads 'Complied with the Acceptable Sanitation Standards' or 'Failed to Comply with the Acceptable Sanitation Standards.' Source

  • 03

    Posting the result

    Required to be posted. The notice of restaurant sanitation must be posted at a customary entrance to the establishment, in public view, and only the administrator may post, change, remove, or deface it. Establishments must also post a sign telling customers the most recent inspection report is available on request. Rule

  • 04

    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.

Worth knowing. There is a discrepancy in sources: OHA's own rules page states its Foodborne Illness Prevention Program has adopted the 2009 FDA Food Code, while the FDA's 2024 adoption report lists 2013.
Official inspection lookups — Oregon
Where to searchCoverage
Multnomah County restaurant scoresCounty
Washington County (OR) restaurant inspectionsCounty
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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