The ABC’s of restaurant ratings - (The Orange County Register)
February 24, 2008 – 8:04 pmhttp://www.ocregister.com/news/violations-restaurant-food-1985892-county-system
In 2007, Mariscos Moncho El Pescador on South Main Street in Santa Ana had one rodent and four cockroach infestations. It had a total of 25 major violations and a record 115 minor violations. It was closed by the health department six times.
In the same year, The Arches Restaurant on 29th Street in Newport Beach had no violations major or minor.
For a consumer, there is, according to this story, no way to know the difference. Orange County, in contrast to all neighboring counties, mandates only that restaurants post a seal that indicates the restaurant meets a minimum standard of food safety without defining, as other counties do, a range of excellence.
The result, critics say, is a food safety information system that in failing to publicly distinguish between restaurants with high rates or serious kinds of violations and those without is friendlier to restaurants than the diners […]
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