FYI: Health inspector can do immediate shutdown - (The Lufkin Daily News)
March 17, 2008 – 7:22 pmhttp://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/03/18/fyi.html
Q: Does the health inspector have the authority to close a restaurant? If so, for what reasons? If not, who does have the authority?
A: The following answer was submitted by the Angelina County & Cities Health District:
“A Registered Sanitarian does have the authority to do an immediate on-site closure of a food establishment.
Reasons for closure might include the following:
Operating without a valid Health Permit/License.
Operating in an unsafe or unsanitary manner, such as No Hot Water, Public Health Hazard such as raw sewage, Foodborne Disease/Illness Outbreak.
Failure to correct repeated violations that would affect the public health.”
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=24894
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