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Outcomes of food safety inspections of restaurants and other similar providers of food to the public. This dataset helps protect public health by informing consumers about possible food safety concerns. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | No | No license specified |
| Available in bulk | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | To my surprise and delight, there were entries from yesterday! |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | ||
| findable | 2 | |
| findable_steps | went to city of cleveland's website; then looked on left toolbar under departments; public health; then link on front page of public health dept. page | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | The interface to browse and search for a particular institution is fair although there's no interface to download the data in bulk. |
| collector_name | Department of Public Health | |
| characteristics | Date, Address, Establishment name, Outcome (pass/fail, letter grade, score, etc.), Violations found (for places with violations) | |
| location | href="https://www.healthspace.com/Clients/Ohio/Cleveland/Web.nsf" https://www.healthspace.com/Clients/Ohio/Cleveland/Web.">rel="nofollow">https://www.healthspace.com/Clients/Ohio/Cleveland/Web. - This is contracted out to healthspace.com |
I've answered these to the best of my knowledge and it's up to date.