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Restaurant inspections in Pennsylvania
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
Mostly statewide: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA), Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services, inspects in 61 of 67 counties; Allegheny, Bucks, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia run their own programs Agency page
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What the public sees
A narrative violation list with an overall compliance indicator; no letter grade or numeric score. The state open dataset carries an 'Overall Compliance' column. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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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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| PA Public Inspection Search | Statewide |
| Allegheny County restaurant inspections | County |
- Public Food Inspections last 24 months, County Agriculture (PA Open Data Portal) Last updated 2020-03-31
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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