FDA code says stores should be checked biannually, but due to skimpy budgets, state goals for once-a-year inspections fall short.
FDA code says stores should be checked biannually, but due to skimpy budgets, state goals for once-a-year inspections fall short.
“It’s a voluntary part of the code,” said Frank Barcellos, a state food safety program manager. “All states approach it pretty much the way we do. They determine what their capabilities are and how they can meet them.”
On Aug. 6, when the Statesman Journal requested inspection reports for the 29 largest stores in Salem and Keizer, more than half had not had an inspection in more than a year. Six had gone more than two years without an inspection and one, the Broadway Fred Meyer, had not been inspected in three years.
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