CANADA: Auditor general says restaurant inspectors aren’t enforcing rules - (The Telegram)
February 2, 2008 – 5:13 pmRestaurant inspectors are behind schedule and short staffed. Violators sometimes go unpunished.
Newfoundland Government Services Minister Kevin O’Brien says restaurants are safe. Auditor General John Noseworthy isn’t so sure.
In his annual report Thursday, Noseworthy found that inspectors sometimes let critical health hazards slip by. Examples include allowing five restaurants that failed inspection to stay open. The AG also found that one restaurant - which he says he can’t name - violated two critical health hazards during eight consecutive health inspections, but remained open.
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