The Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau has announced this week the relaunch of a mobile app that shares health inspection information for all restaurants, markets and food trucks.
The app also allows users to log complaints about food safety at Monterey County establishments.
Though the county previously launched the Food Inspection Findings app in 2018, the app was later no longer available under the Apple App Store, Environmental Health assistant bureau chief Marni Flagg said.
On July 31, the county again launched Food Inspection Findings on the App Store, and a version of the app will be available to Android users this week or next week, according to Flagg.
With the app, users can see if Monterey County establishments are in or out of compliance with health standards. Some establishments’ profiles also include other observations from inspections, such as the incidence of insects, missing refrigerator thermometers and poor lighting in food preparation areas.
Instead of contracting a private software team to create the apps, the app was developed in-house by Monterey County IT staff, Flagg added.
“We’re really happy that they can create it in-house … and just have it out there for our residents,” Flagg said.
