New York State critical violation codes: what 5C, 4A, 2E and other red items mean
A guide to New York State food service inspection codes outside NYC: red codes 1A to 7G, blue codes 8 to 16, statewide rates, county highs and which codes come back.
A guide to New York State food service inspection codes outside NYC: red codes 1A to 7G, blue codes 8 to 16, statewide rates, county highs and which codes come back.
How to look up a Rockland County, NY restaurant inspection, why its red violation rate is above the state’s, rates by town, and what follows a red.
How to find a Dutchess County, NY restaurant inspection report, red violation rates by town, how often the county returns, and the items its inspectors cite most.
How to look up an Albany County, NY restaurant inspection, what the posted Excellent, Good, Fair and Unsatisfactory ratings mean, and how often each came with a red violation in 2025-26.
Onondaga County found a critical violation in 24.0% of routine restaurant inspections in 2025-26; a quarter of reports were clean, and chemical storage led the critical list.
Monroe County inspectors wrote a critical violation in 40.7% of routine restaurant inspections in 2025-26 and returned within 60 days after 97.8% of them.
Westchester inspectors found a critical violation in 15.0% of routine restaurant inspections in 2025-26, and 5.9% of reports were free of any violation.
Nassau County found at least one critical violation in 35.8% of routine restaurant inspections in 2025-26, above the 27.1% average for New York outside NYC.
In a year of Montgomery County, Maryland routine inspections, 97.8% ended Pass, yet 21.6% left a rodent or insect item open. Here is how to read the county’s data.
Outside New York City, 27.1% of a year’s routine restaurant inspections found at least one critical (red) violation; 0.3% ended with one still uncorrected.