FLORIDA regulators’ oversight of restaurants still falls short - (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
October 27, 2007 – 6:05 pmIn response to criticism of Florida’s restaurant-inspection programs, regulators have, according to a legislative review, boosted staff, enhanced technology and made the state’s inspection-report Web site more consumer-friendly.
But, the story says, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants, the agency that regulates restaurants, continues to fall short of state requirements that staff inspect all establishments restaurants and hotels for health and safety violations, according to a progress report by the Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability.
Consumer advocates and industry experts applauded the improvements, made in response to a 2005 legislative report that noted numerous deficiencies. But some expressed concerns about state regulators’ failure to meet requirements to inspect all facilities even though staff has increased in recent years.
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