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*Establishment Type:The county health departments enforce rules for establishments such as restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores.
Important Notice:
A restaurant may not be listed for the following reasons: change of ownership, remodeling, or it is a new establishment not yet inspected. While every effort is made to keep the information on this web site current, the user should know that inspections are being conducted continuously. As a result, the grades and/or dates of inspections provided on this site may occasionally differ from those posted at the facility.
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The inspection and regulation of restaurants and other food service facilities in Alabama is the responsibility of the Alabama Department of Public Health environmental staff at the county health departments and the Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging. The county health departments enforce rules for establishments such as restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores.
State law requires any facility selling food to have a current food service permit that is issued by the local county health department. Foodservice establishments are generally required to be inspected a minimum of three times per year depending on the type of food being prepared. The average convenience store may be inspected one time per year, again depending on the type of food sold there.
Inspection Reports and permits are required to be posted in conspicuous view within the establishment. A numerical scoring system on a 100-point scale is used with points deducted for each violation.
Critical violations have a higher point value and are identified in red on the inspection report. Critical items are required to be corrected as soon as possible but not to exceed ten days regardless of the overall score. Any food items found out of compliance with public health standards will be issued an order to discard regardless of the overall score.
The overall score determines the reinspection schedule and the use of enforcement actions:
Establishments scoring between 85 and 100 are considered to be in satisfactory compliance and are inspected on routine schedule.
Scoring System
The overall score determines the reinspection schedule and the use of enforcement actions:
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Scoring between 85 and 100 |
Establishments are considered to be in satisfactory compliance and are inspected on routine schedule. |
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Scoring between 70 and 84 |
Establishments require a follow-up inspection within 60 days. |
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Scoring 60-69 |
Establishments require follow-up and reinspection within 48 hours. |
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Scoring below 60 |
Establishments are closed immediately. |
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