O.C. Supervisors Expected to Reject Restaurant Letter Grades
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Under pressure from the food industry, Orange County supervisors are poised to reject a proposal that would require the county’s 10,000 eateries to post letter grades reflecting the results of health and sanitation inspections.
The board is now leaning toward using other methods to give customers information about government inspections without the A-B-C stickers used in Los Angeles and other Southern California counties.
Supervisors are expected to take up the issue at today’s board meeting, where letter grades are among five options.
The grades, popular with customers, are criticized both by the food industry and by two county health officials.
Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who said in May that grades were “one of the most effective consumer protection tools available,” said he changed his mind after researching the criteria for letter grades.
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