An assessment of the ability of routine restaurant inspections to predict food-borne outbreaks in Miami-Dade County, Florida

M.A. Cruz, D.J. Katz and J.A. Suarez

American Journal of Public Health, 2001, vol. 91, issue 5, 821-823

Abstract: Objectives. This study sought to determine the usefulness of restaurant inspections in predicting food-borne outbreaks in Miami-Dade County, Fla. Methods. Inspection reports of restaurants with outbreaks in 1995 (cases; n = 51) were compared with those of randomly selected restaurants that had no reported outbreaks (controls; n = 76). Results. Cases and controls did not differ by overall inspection outcome or mean number of critical violations. Only 1 critical violation - evidence of vermin - was associated with outbreaks (odds ratio = 3.3; 95% confidence interval = 1.1, 13.1). Conclusions. Results of restaurant inspections in Miami-Dade County did not predict outbreaks. If these findings are representative of the situation in other jurisdictions, inspection practices may need to be updated.

Date: 2001
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