The daily reports included the total number of "A", "B", or "C" grading inspection results, the number of positive or negative microbiological test results, and the number of suggestive corrective actions, for each PDPH.
The New York City Council has set next Wednesday, March 7, as the date for its hearing about the letter-grading inspection system inaugurated more than 18 months ago by the city health department to promote food safety in city restaurants.
"We've suspended normal graded restaurant inspections until Nov. 12," he said, "and the inspectors won't be issuing violations, aside from those arising from complaints".
A few days after Sandy struck the region, Daniel Kass, a deputy health commissioner, said that graded restaurant inspections – those intended to determine whether restaurants deserve an A, B or C letter designation – would be suspended until Nov. 12 in areas where operations were damaged by the hurricane.
76 (34%) out of the 223 hotels had received "unsatisfactory" or "relatively satisfactory" inspection grading results during the first inspection, and they had a mean improvement of 9.2 points during the last inspection before the Olympic Games.
Their principal, Bill Moorcroft, is a one-time chef, and already their catering department has a grade 1 inspection status and a beacon award to its name.
But now, potential patrons have easy access to the Department of Health's grades and inspection reports with the ABCEats app, which provides information on each of the New York's twenty-four thousand restherants and the criteria used to inspect them.
Two hospitals in Birmingham received failing grades at their inspections in March.
Each endured derision from food bloggers for a few weeks before earning A grades on later inspections.
In New York City, restaurants are given letter grades following health inspections, but not food trucks.
