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    Health Inspection Scores (2016-2019)

    Metadata Updated: May 17, 2025

    As of 2021, the LIVES standard is no longer being used to evaluate restaurants. For that reason, this dataset is no longer being updated but will remain on the open data portal. For new inspection data please visit this website or download the new data here (Health Inspections (2023-Present)).

    SUMMARY This dataset contains the results of health inspections conducted by the Department of Public Health from 2016-2019. It includes the name and location of each facility inspected, the inspection score, and any violations observed.

    HOW THIS DATASET IS CREATED After inspecting a facility, a Health Inspector assigns a score based on observed violations. Violations are categorized by risk level:

    High risk category: records specific violations that directly relate to the transmission of food borne illnesses, the adulteration of food products and the contamination of food-contact surfaces. Moderate risk category: records specific violations that are of a moderate risk to the public health and safety. Low risk category: records violations that are low risk or have no immediate risk to the public health and safety. The score card that will be issued by the inspector is maintained at the food establishment and is available to the public in this dataset.

    UPDATE PROCESS This dataset is historical and will not be updated

    RELATED DATASETS

  • Health Inspections (2023-Present)
  • Health Inspections (2020-2023)
  • Health Inspections (2016-2019)
  • Inspection lookup tool

    • Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 17, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 17, 2025
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/pyih-qa8i
    Data First Published 2021-02-03
    Data Last Modified 2025-05-14
    Category Health and Social Services
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 0bb529a5-8af4-4f4a-8f10-fe716592e2fb
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/pyih-qa8i
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e92c134771740d58269b655b6cd160bf957fcee5321c66ba795f0366564dfa12
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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