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Darrell Hoemann/The News-Gazette in Arcola on Friday, July 27, 2012.

A 100 percent taste of Mexico

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Post published:October 18, 2012
Post category:Article Food Public Health

By Azra Halilovic / CU-CitizenAccess.org / Hoy -- Out in the middle of farm country in Central Illinois, Arturo Zendeja and his wife run…

Health officials pursue publicizing restaurant inspections

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Post published:September 25, 2012
Post category:Article Food Public Health

By Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess -- By as early as next year, health inspections of restaurants throughout Champaign County may be one of three colors…

Making the Grade: How restaurants in Champaign County measure up

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:September 7, 2012
Post category:Food Public Health

There are no national standards for scoring health inspection reports. What may be passing in one jurisdiction could be considered failing in another jurisdiction.

14 restaurants fail health inspections in June and July

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 7, 2012
Post category:Article Food Public Health

These are the 14 restaurants that failed health inspections in June and July, according to Champaign-Urbana Public Health District inspection reports for June and…

Read more about the article Health district makes moves toward online restaurant reports; publicizing results still under discussion

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A worker picks up eggs from a refrigerated cooler on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at Meatheads Restaurant on South Neil Street in Champaign.

Health district makes moves toward online restaurant reports; publicizing results still under discussion

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:September 6, 2012
Post category:Food Public Health

After spending four years discussing how to best publicize restaurant inspections, county public health officials are now offering Champaign diners a small appetizer of…

Growing Local: Rise in farmers’ markets, community gardens fuel economy, discussion and needs

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:July 16, 2012
Post category:Food Public Health

Approximately 95 percent of the food we eat in Illinois comes from someplace else. The farmland in Illinois is some of the richest in…

Eating Out: Do You Know How Your Favorite Restaurants Fare in Public Health Inspections? Focus Program Transcript September 13, 2011

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Post published:September 16, 2011
Post category:Article Food Public Health

Do You Know How Your Favorite Restaurants Fare in Public Health Inspections? from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo. Editor's note: This broadcast came about…

Champaign County restaurants fail inspections but public never told

Post author:Dan Patrella / For CU-CitizenAccess and Jennifer Wheeler / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:September 9, 2011
Post category:Food Public Health

Geovanti’s Bar & Grill on Green Street failed its restaurant inspections five times from September 2008 through February of this year. But no one who eats there would ever know, unless they took the initiative to request copies of the popular Campustown restaurant’s inspection reports from the local health department.