WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – The Wabash County Health Department Food Division is now using a new program to record their inspections. The Digital Health Department is a web based inspection tool that grants users the ability to see food inspections after the required ten-day hold. Within those 10 days operators/owners of the establishments are allowed to provide written responses to the inspection reports. Those responses, if submitted, become part of the official inspection record. By Indiana state statue, after 10 days, all records are public record and are allowed to be viewed.
The Food Division has been using the new program since May 30, 2017 and has found that the new tool is a huge benefit to the public. Rich Mofield, the Environmental Food inspector worked closely with the Digital Health Department to design a program that streamlined inspections as well as recorded any and all violations. This tool allows not only the business owners to have instant access to their own inspections but allows for the general public to view the food establishment inspections from their home computers or mobile devices. Currently a link to the new program can be found on the county website: http://foodservices.wabashcounty85.us.
“The program is a positive shift in the effort to make our department as transparent as possible and give the public access to our records in an easy to use format”, stated Rich Mofield.
Currently the Digital Health Department is working with the Environmental Health Division to design a program that will allow the public to view all the historical onsite sewage records. Septic records are often requested by property owners, banks for home loans, contractors, and real estate offices. This program will allow the public to access the records in order to do their own searches. Wabash County Health Department is determined to make the information accessible in a platform that is easy to use.
The public is invited to visit the website and give feedback to either the Environmental Food Specialist Rich Mofield (rmofield@wabashcounty.in.gov) or to the Environmental Health Specialist, Jennifer Scott (jscott@wabashcounty.in.gov).