Audit Faults State Health Inspections; Action Takes Years at Some Groceries, Delicatessens

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Madison -- A state audit Friday found problems in the state's health inspection program of grocery stores, delicatessens and convenience stores -- including regulators taking too long to confront the worst violators, and late inspections of about one- third of those businesses.

For example, according to the audit, state Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Department officials waited until June 2007 to confront the owner of a Greendale deli about 111 violations found there over the previous 65 months.

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Audit Faults State Health Inspections; Action Takes Years at Some Groceries, Delicatessens

Violations included failing to protect food from contamination, the presence of insects or rodents, improper storage of chemicals and inadequate hand-washing facilities, the audit said.

State Auditor Jan Mueller identified the Greendale business...

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