News Release: Maine CDC Makes Health Inspection Violations Available Online

Maine Department of Health

and Human Services

 

Jeanne M. Lambrew, Commissioner                                      www.maine.gov/dhhs

 

November 2, 2021

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Robert Long, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Robert.Long@maine.gov or (207) 287-9395

 

NEWS RELEASE

Maine CDC Makes Health Inspection Violations Available Online

 

AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) announced today that health inspection results are now available online through a new web portal.

 

The portal is available on the Health Inspection Program (HIP) website at www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/el/index.htm.

 

This portal allows the public to view inspection violations within the past three years for establishments licensed and inspected by HIP. These establishments include restaurants, take-out food vendors, mobile food vendors, lodging, B&Bs, campgrounds, youth camps, public pools/spas, and body artists such as tattooists, body piercers, micropigmentationists, and electrologists.

 

When violations are detected, HIP pursues an educational approach first and seeks voluntary compliance from licensed establishments.

 

Inspections are conducted unannounced by state and municipal health inspectors. Inspections are a “snapshot” of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not represent the overall, long-term compliance of an establishment. Establishments are provided the opportunity to correct any observed violations while the inspector is on site. 

 

A failed inspection results from more than three critical or more than 10 non-critical violations. Critical violations must be corrected within 10 days and non-critical violations are generally required to be corrected within 30 days. The timeframe in which a follow-up inspection occurs after each failed inspection depends on the nature of the violations that caused the failure. Repeat violations or failure to correct violations as outlined may lead to enforcement including fines and penalties.

 

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