{"id":32155,"date":"2025-07-02T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32155\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:48:16","slug":"arlington-may-require-restaurants-to-display-health-inspection-grades-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32155\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington may require restaurants to display health inspection grades"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arlington City Council showed support for a change to the health ordinance that would require restaurants to prominently display their health inspection certificate.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jim Ross said at the council\u2019s work session June 24 he supported the ordinance change because it could encourage restaurants to keep their places clean.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this sort of holds everybody\u2019s feet to the fire, forces people to display it prominently in their restaurant,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIf I go in there and I see a C or a D, I\u2019m going to be like, what\u2019s going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n

Council member Bowie Hogg also said he thought it was a good idea and had seen a similar practice in New York City but not anywhere locally.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Two new studies found there are fewer foodborne illness outbreaks when health departments require restaurants to display their health inspection results, especially with letter grades, according to the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those communities where it\u2019s required report fewer cases of salmonella, poor inspection scores and illness outbreaks.<\/p>\n

City Manager Trey Yelverton said Texas does not require restaurants to display their inspection certificates, but cities may require them to do it.<\/p>\n

Currently the city requires restaurants to post their most recent health inspection or a sign letting people know how to view it upon request, according to the\u00a0city\u2019s website<\/a>. But the new ordinance change would require them to prominently display the sanitation grade certificate the city started providing to restaurants in November 2023.<\/p>\n

The city currently provides every restaurant\u2019s inspection scores\u00a0online<\/a>. They are graded on a scale in which 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered extremely poor, according to the\u00a0city\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sanitation certificate grades are decided by this score: 91 to 100 is an A, 81 to 90 is a B, 71 to 80 is a C and any score below 70 is a F.<\/p>\n

Ross asked city staff to prepare an ordinance for council to review before taking a vote.<\/p>\n

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