Food & Drink

150 health code violations from June added to BND Restaurant Inspection Database

The Belleville News-Democrat has added 150 health code violations from June to its Metro-east Restaurant Inspection Database.

The database contains health inspectors’ findings from all of the inspections they conducted so far this year at restaurants across St. Clair County.

In June, inspectors cited 55 restaurants for a total of 150 health code violations. Most of the cited restaurants had one violation, but inspectors uncovered as many as 10 violations at a single location.

A dead mouse and sewage surfacing on the ground were among their findings in the last month.

You can find the BND’s Metro-east Restaurant Inspection Database online at bit.ly/StClairinspections.

The database now includes 315 restaurants.

St. Clair County has a total of 1,028 restaurants, which receive unannounced, routine inspections from the health department two to three times a year. The health department will also send inspectors to investigate a complaint or to follow up on issues they identified in a routine inspection.

The BND will continue updating the database monthly to bring readers the latest inspection results.

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This story was originally published July 6, 2022 at 5:00 AM.

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