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What the letter grade doesn't tell you

An A grade in LA means the restaurant scored 90 or higher on its most recent inspection. But the grade doesn't tell you what violations were found, how close the score was to a B, or when the restaurant was last inspected. A restaurant inspected 18 months ago still displays the same A as one inspected last week.

Reading LA inspection records

LA County EHSB publishes detailed inspection records including individual violation descriptions, correction dates, and inspection type (routine, re-inspection, complaint-driven). Understanding these details gives a much clearer picture of a restaurant's food safety practices than the letter grade alone.

How Panko Alerts covers LA

Panko Alerts ingests LA County EHSB inspection data and presents each inspection with violation details and an AI-generated plain-language summary. New inspection results appear in the feed the day they're published — alongside FDA recalls and CDC outbreaks affecting Southern California.

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