Micah Lasher Associate News Editor NYU students may gripe about university dining facilities, but the New York Department of Health has a different, more positive opinion, according to a recent published report. Inspections conducted between January and September found relatively few major violations on the part of Aramark Educational Services, the private corporation that NYU contracts to run its dining facilities. The Department of Health, the city agency that among other things monitors health risks at public dining facilities, divides violations into four categories. NYU's active dining facilities received 30 violations, one-third of which were Class A violations. Three of the eight dining facilities inspected were found to have more than one Class A violation.
Students appear to be somewhat complacent with the food at university dining halls.
As long as you can identify all of the ingredients going into your food, it's okay. Tied for the most violations with six apiece were the Violet Cafe and Rubin's dining hall. Both were cited for two Class A infractions. The Snow Dining Hall and the dining hall at the Third Avenue North residence hall received the fewest violations at two each. We expect to discuss with Aramark how they approach violations on a systematic basis, both in terms of correction and prevention.