How restaurant inspections work in Ohio
Who inspects Ohio's restaurants, how results are graded, and how to read them on CleanPlate.
CleanPlate's Ohio coverage is Cincinnati, whose health department publishes its full food-safety program record — licenses, inspections, and violations — as open data.
Who does the inspecting
The Cincinnati Health Department inspects the city's food service operations under Ohio's Uniform Food Safety Code.
How results are graded
Ohio inspections don't produce letter grades; they produce compliance statuses. CleanPlate maps Cincinnati's statuses — approved/compliant outcomes to PASS, “not in compliance” findings to FAIL, and out-of-business records to CLOSED — and shows the violation detail from each visit.
Reading it on CleanPlate
Every Ohio restaurant page on CleanPlate shows the establishment's current standing, its full inspection history with dates, and a link to the official agency behind the record. Grades are shown exactly as reported; where the source publishes no summary grade, the derived status is labeled as derived. Establishments with no inspection in over two years are treated as likely closed and excluded from search.