State health inspectors found more violations between 2009 and 2011 at The Great Wall Restaurant on College Drive—345 total—than at any other restaurant in East Baton Rouge Parish. That’s according to a new Legislative Auditor’s report that highlights several problems with the way the Office of Public Health inspects restaurants. “Overall, OPH’s permitting, inspection and enforcement processes need improvement to ensure the safety of food served in retail food establishments,” states the audit, released Nov. 21. Specifically, the audit found that OPH issued restaurant permits to four out of 30 establishments with critical health violations, and issued only four compliance orders during the two-year period, despite identifying some 450,000 violations at restaurants around the state. Click here to read the whole story.
Legislative Auditor’s report critical of inspections processes at La. restaurants
