Making Florida restaurant inspection information easier to understand
Florida Food Watch publishes inspection-based reporting, closure and reopening updates, and food safety education using public information from Florida regulatory agencies.
What Florida Food Watch does
Florida Food Watch helps readers find and understand public information about restaurant inspections, emergency closures, follow-up inspections, reopenings, and food safety issues across Florida.
Our goal is to present inspection information in a format that is easier to read, search, and share while preserving the context that matters: the inspection date, inspection type, result, reported violations, and any later follow-up activity we have published.
What we cover
- Emergency closures and Emergency Order Recommended inspection results.
- High-priority food safety and sanitation violations.
- Callback and follow-up inspection results, including reopenings.
- Restaurant and food service inspection records by county.
- Original articles, reporting, explainers, and public-records-based stories.
- Educational explanations of inspection terminology and food safety requirements.
Our sources
Florida Food Watch primarily relies on publicly available records from government agencies, including the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation when reporting on DBPR-regulated public food service establishments. Individual stories may also cite other official agencies when jurisdiction differs.
Independence
Florida Food Watch is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation or any other government agency.
Corrections
If you believe a Florida Food Watch report contains an error or lacks an important later update, contact us with the restaurant name, report URL, and supporting information. We review correction requests and update stories when appropriate.