For a fixed retail-food establishment in Smith County or the City of Bullard, begin with NET Health’s Environmental Health overview and verify the physical premises and facility type on its jurisdiction map page. NET Health covers the area shown on that map, whatever the Northeast Texas name suggests.
Then open Recent Health Inspections and follow the Retail Food Establishments link to the NET Health inspection portal. Choose Retail Food Inspection, set the date range, and use Search string. NET Health’s instructions recommend the facility name, with street, city, or ZIP to narrow the match.
The linked establishment name is the permit record. A separate shortcut reads View the most recent Inspection Result for this Establishment. Match the address before opening it, and keep the inspection date and purpose beside every result.
How NET Health’s A–F letters map to demerits
NET Health uses a local A–F scale based on demerits:
| Letter | Demerit total on the completed report |
|---|---|
| A | 0–10 |
| B | 11–20 |
| C | 21–25 |
| D | 26–30 |
| F | 31 or more |
The letter summarizes one dated inspection. Corrections and later conditions show up in later records.
A routine HTML report can show the purpose, date, Score, compliance key, and an Original Inspection PDF link. The HTML view may still lack an item narrative even when the score shows demerits. If the details are missing, open the original PDF or request the report before reading a blank HTML section as a clean inspection.
Read the short report marks literally. OUT identifies an item outside compliance. IN records compliance. COS means corrected on site by the end of the inspection, while R marks a repeat across routine inspections. NO means the activity exists but was not observed during the inspection; NA means the activity does not apply. A COS mark keeps the finding on the record and notes that it was corrected.
The food inspection violations guide provides a useful way to keep the rule, finding, correction, and later verification separate.
What NET Health does after an uncorrected Priority, PF or Core item
NET Health’s inspection explanation describes different paths for uncorrected items:
| Uncorrected item class | Record to look for next |
|---|---|
| Priority | Reinspection in the 3-day path |
| Priority Foundation | 10-day correction notice and its resolution |
| Core | 90-day notice or reinspection |
COS can remove that item from possible reinspection under the local explanation. Whether the correction lasted shows up in a later dated record.
How NET Health records a suspension or closure
An imminent hazard can lead NET Health to suspend the unsafe portion or the entire establishment until correction. The agency also describes possible summary suspension or closure when an item from an earlier 3-day or 10-day path remains uncorrected.
Closure and reopening decisions come in their own documents, separate from the letter grade and COS marks. Find the inspection, action document, correction evidence, follow-up, and later decision. The closure and permit-suspension guide explains why those dates should remain distinct.
Recover missing detail and older reports
NET Health describes its online searchable range as beginning in August 2021. That date marks the start of the public search; older reports can still exist in agency files.
For a pre-August 2021 report, a missing PDF, complaint material, closure order, or reopening decision, use the agency’s public-information request page when NET Health is the custodian. Identify the permitted name, physical address, date range, and exact record types. Ask for existing records and specify whether you want to inspect them or receive copies. Ask NET Health about fees, exemptions, format and response time when you submit; they depend on the request.
Keep mobile vendors in the correct lane
This workflow is for fixed retail-food establishments. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Texas Department of State Health Services became the licensing authority for mobile food vendors. NET Health’s legislative update says it can continue inspections as a performing agency for DSHS, so a NET Health inspection of a mobile unit is done on behalf of DSHS, which holds the license.
For a mobile unit, keep the vendor identity, license authority, inspection agency, and record date together rather than merging its result into a fixed-establishment history.
If the portal comes up empty for a place you know operated, use the public-information request above for the full history. NET Health pages checked September 27–28, 2026.