Restaurants in Sudbury can now offer patrons easy access to inspection reports

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The Sudbury District Health Unit has made it easier for people to access the results of its restaurant inspections. Cynthia Peacock-Rocca is Food Safety Manager with the health unit and spoke to Markus.It's now easier to find restaurant inspection information before you sit down to order dinner in Sudbury and surrounding communities.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit has asked restaurants to put new decals in their window. The decals include a code people can scan with their cell phone to access health inspection results.

The Food Safety manager with the health unit said making restaurant cleanliness information easily accessible is important.

"[It gives] the consumer the information at hand to make the best decision possible [about] whether they choose to eat at that place or not," Cynthia Peacock-Rocca said.

The decal program is voluntary for restaurants. She noted creating a mandatory program would have required legislative changes in all the municipalities the health unit serves.       

"There is a little bit of incentive to keep in compliance with the regulations because it is just going to help with the public image of the restaurant or food premise," Peacock-Rocca said.

The results of inspection reports have been available on the health unit website since 2009.