Missouri Food Code News Today

The mission of the Cole County Health Department is "to promote, protect, and assure the health, safety, and quality of life through assessment, policy development, and assurance in order that our community will be a safe, healthy place for our citizens to live and raise families." (CCHD, 2024)

The inspector returned later that day and reinstated the restaurants permit once two of the three coolers were at the right temperature.

For chewy bagels and next-level loaves, look to your neighbors

Sandwiches in a salad buffet cooler ranged from 44 to 50 degrees, which is warmer than the Missouri Food Code says refrigerated food should be kept.

The inspector also found an "accumulation of dead worms on lower shelving in old buffet area" at the independent living facility.

A Greene County food inspector found mouse droppings in the kitchen and dry storage area of a restaurant.

The ill employee at Arbys, 735 S. Glenstone Ave., was sent home, and staff got a refresher on Missouri Food Code.