Eastern Idaho Public Health’s Environmental Health specialists conduct regular inspections of restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets, farmer’s markets, schools, food processors, mobile food vendors, and all other facilities that handle potentially hazardous foods (PHF) and are required by law to obtain a license. Inspections are conducted to determine compliance with the Idaho Food Code and to verify that food workers are following good retail practices (GRP) and engaging in proper hygiene and food handling procedures.
All food establishments receive at least one unannounced inspection each year. All violations observed during an inspection should be corrected immediately. If a violation is unable to be corrected at the time of inspection, a follow-up inspection may be conducted, or the operator may be allowed to submit a violation correction report (VCR) within a timeline approved by the inspector.
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RF: Risk Factors are mostly associated with employee food handling procedures.
GRP: Good Retail Practices are mostly associated with equipment and facilities.
Critical Violations: Critical Violations are potential hazards associated with certain risk factors or good retail practices that are known to have high probability of contributing to food borne illness. These violations should be correctly immediately. The maximum time allowed for correction of critical violation is 10 days after the inspection.
VCR: Violation Correction Reports are submitted by the food establishments to document and report the correction of violation(s) identified in a previous routine food inspection. A VCR may be submitted in lieu of a follow-up inspection. score of zero indicates that all violations identified have been corrected.
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