Since 1963 the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has been issuing grades to any food facility that handles open food. Food facilities such as restaurants, bakeries, delis and bars receive unannounced inspections throughout the year and are issued a grade after each one of those inspections. The grade that a facility receives must be posted in an publicly viewable area, usually near the front door or front register.
RESTAURANT INSPECTION GRADES
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A permanent food establishment that handles open foods receive a grade at the end of an inspection. The score of the inspection represents the grade. There are only three possible grades that a facility can receive during an inspection. Unlike the grades you received in school, an “A” grade is the only passing grade that a facility can get. Grades of “B” and “C”, also known as “Downgrades”, means the facility did not meet minimum health standards and is required to correct the violations and be re-inspected to an “A” grade.