Health Inspectors Cite Two Merrick Eateries

Two Merrick eateries were cited for critical health violations by the Nassau County Department of Health in recent months.  

The two establishments are:

• McDonalds at 1813 Merrick Road (1 violation)
• R.S. Jones at 153 North Merrick Ave. (1 violation)

Collected from the “Health Data NY” section of the New York “Open Data Portal,” the searchable map above includes food service establishments in Nassau and Suffolk counties that were cited for “critical violations” during the last recorded inspection by the state health department.

You can zoom in and out of the map and click on any bubble for basic information about the food service establishments, including its name, date of inspection and violation specifics.

Across more than 90,000 food service establishments statewide, the the State Department of Health's Bureau of Community Environmental Health and Food Protection guides county and city health officials who permit and inspect food service establishments, the agency says.

The bureau maintains Part 14 of the New York State Sanitary Code, including subpart 14-1 which regulates food service establishments. See this subsection for specifics on inspections.

(Editor's Note: Patch sourced data downloaded from the state's online data portal on Jan 7, which may not reflect any inspection results added to the state's database since then.)