Food Inspections

The Wake County health department inspects food service facilities
throughout Wake County. The department permits and inspects these facilities,
and responds to citizen complaints. In the event of disease outbreak, the
department investigates to determine the source of the infection, and prevent
further illness.

<p>This dataset captures the restaurants that are
inspected.<span>  </span>The data set is geocoded
based on address with approximately 85% of the locations having a valid
geo-location.<span>  </span></p>

<p>You can find out additional information about our restaurant
inspections on our website:<span>  </span><a href='https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/environmental-health-safety' rel='nofollow ugc'>Food Safety and Sanitation</a></p>

<p>This table captures all Wake County sanitation
inspections from September 20, 2012 to Present.</p><p>

</p><p>This table is part of a set of data that combined will give
you a picture of all restaurant inspections.<span> 
</span>Those three tables are:</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in;'><span style='color:black;'><span>1.<span style='font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>     </span></span></span><b><span style='color:black;'>Restaurants:
</span></b><span style='color:black;'>This table captures all active facilities
where Wake County performs sanitations inspections.<span>  </span>Facilities that are closed are removed from
all three files in this dataset.<span>  </span>Per NC
State regulations, facilities that have a change in ownership are considered
closed and the restaurant re-opens under a new permit, even if there is not a change
in the name of the restaurant.</span></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in;'><span style='color:black;'><span>2.<span style='font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>     </span></span></span><b><span style='color:black;'>Food Inspections:
</span></b><span style='color:black;'>This table captures all Wake County
performs sanitations inspections at active restaurants since September 20, 2012</span></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-.25in;'><span style='color:black;'><span>3.<span style='font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>     </span></span></span><b><span style='color:black;'><span style='color:rgb(76, 76, 76);'>Food Inspection </span>Violations:
</span></b><span style='color:black;'>This table captures all violations
identified during specific Wake County sanitations inspections at active
restaurants since September 20, 2012.<span>  </span>It
reports the results in code violations and according to CDC Risk Factors.<span>  </span></span>You can find additional information
about the CDC Risk Factors on the FDA website: <a href='https://www.fda.gov/food/retail-food-protection/retail-food-risk-factor-study' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Helv&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:blue; text-decoration:none;'>Retail Risk Factor
Study</span></a><span style='color:black;'></span></p>

<p> </p>

<p>The tables can be connected through the <span style='color:black;'>HSISID
field.<span>  </span></span></p>



<p style='text-indent:-.25in;'><span style='font-family:Symbol;'><span><span style='font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'></span></span></span>The frequency of facility inspections fall under
the following rules:</p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><u><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Inspected once per year:</span></u></b></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Risk Category I </span></b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>applies to food service
establishments that prepare only non-potentially hazardous foods.</span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><u><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Inspected twice per year:</span></u></b></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Risk Category II </span></b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>applies to food service
establishments that cook and cool no more than two potentially hazardous foods.
Potentially hazardous raw ingredients shall be received in a ready-to-cook
form.</span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><u><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Inspected three times per year</span></u></b></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Risk Category III </span></b><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>applies to food service
establishments that cook and cool no more than three potentially hazardous
foods.</span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><u><span style='font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;'>Inspected four times per year</span></u></b></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in;'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>Risk Category IV </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>applies to
food service establishments that cook and cool an unlimited number of
potentially hazardous foods. This category also includes those facilities using
specialized processes or serving a highly susceptible population.</span></p><span style='color:black;'><span><br /></span></span>

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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><b><span style='color:black;'> </span></b></p>
  
  
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><b><span style='color:black;'>Field</span></b></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><b><span style='color:black;'>Description</span></b></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>HSISID</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>State code identifying the
  restaurant (also the primary key to identify the restaurant)</span></p>
  </td>
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  <td style='width:1.75in; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='168'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Score</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Final score for this inspection</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Date</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Date of inspection</span></p>
  </td>
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  <td style='width:1.75in; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='168'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Description</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>General comments not that may or
  may not be tied to a inspection question</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Type</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Type of inspection: Inspection, Re-inspection,
  Visit</span></p>
  </td>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>PermitID</span></p>
  </td>
  <td style='width:387.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='516'>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='color:black;'>Deprecated. No longer provided.</span></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody></table>

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Organization: Wake County