A health inspection
Make sure your written procedures match what the inspector will ask about.
Industries / Restaurants, cafés & food service
For restaurants, cafés, bars and caterers
Get your food safety plan and handbook inspection-ready.
Upload your food safety plan, kitchen procedures and employee handbook. We check them against the FDA Food Code and the wage rules that trip up restaurants, quoting your document wherever it addresses a rule.
When owners use it
The moments your paperwork gets asked for.
New managers or staff
Employee health reporting, handwashing and allergen training should be in writing.
Tipped staff or teen workers
Tip credit notices and child labor limits are easy to get wrong.
What we check
The rules your documents are checked against.
From the Restaurants & Food Service rule pack. Each finding names the rule it's measured against and, where your document addresses it, quotes your words, checked word for word.
- Certified food protection manager and person in chargeFDA Food Code 2-101.11; 2-102.11; 2-102.12
- Employee illness reporting and exclusionFDA Food Code 2-201.11; 2-201.12
- Handwashing and no bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat foodFDA Food Code 2-301.12; 2-301.14; 3-301.11
- Cooking, holding and cooling temperaturesFDA Food Code 3-401.11; 3-501.14; 3-501.16
- Date marking of ready-to-eat foodsFDA Food Code 3-501.17; 3-501.18
- Food allergen awareness and customer noticeFDA Food Code 2-102.11(C); 3-602.12 (2022 edition)
- Consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foodsFDA Food Code 3-603.11
- Cleaning and sanitizing food-contact surfacesFDA Food Code 4-602.11; 4-501.114; 4-703.11
- Vomiting and diarrhea clean-up procedureFDA Food Code 2-501.11
- Pest controlFDA Food Code 6-501.111; 6-202.15
- Tip credit notice and tip pooling29 U.S.C. 203(m); 29 CFR 531.59
- Rules for workers under 1829 CFR 570.34; 29 CFR 570.35; 29 CFR 570.62
Plus the basics every employer needs (13 rules)
- OSHA "Job Safety and Health – It's the Law" poster29 CFR 1903.2
- OSHA injury and illness records (Forms 300, 300A, 301)29 CFR Part 1904
- Reporting severe injuries and deaths to OSHA29 CFR 1904.39
- Hazard Communication program29 CFR 1910.1200 (construction: 29 CFR 1926.59)
- Form I-9 employment eligibility verification8 U.S.C. 1324a; 8 CFR 274a.2
- Wage and hour records and minimum wage poster29 CFR Part 516 (poster: 29 CFR 516.4)
- Equal employment opportunity: "Know Your Rights" poster42 U.S.C. 2000e; 29 CFR 1601.30
- Written anti-harassment and complaint procedureEEOC Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (2024)
- Family and Medical Leave Act notices29 CFR 825.300
- EEO-1 Component 1 annual report29 CFR 1602.7
- Workers' compensation insuranceState workers' compensation law (varies by state)
- Business licenses and permits kept currentState and local licensing law (varies)
- General liability insurance kept currentContract / licensing requirement (varies)
Colorado uses the FDA Food Code as adopted in its retail food rules; your county health department may add its own requirements.
Deep checks
Go point by point on one topic.
A deep check reads all of your documents against one topic the way an inspector would go down a checklist, and marks each point met, partial or missing. Topics for this industry:
Food safety (FDA Food Code)Alcohol sales and service (Colorado)Emergency plans, exits and fire extinguishers
Deep checks come with the One-Time Report and the monthly plans.
What to upload
Start with the documents you already have.
- Food safety plan or kitchen procedures
- Employee handbook
- Employee health policy
- Cleaning and sanitizing schedules
PDF, Word or plain text. Please don't upload personnel files, patient records or anything with Social Security numbers: the check only needs your policies and programs.
Compliance information and organizing tools, not legal advice. Have your safety or HR person confirm the findings that matter most.
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