Several Local Restaurants Receive Food Violations

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has completed a new round of food safety inspections, and several local restaurants received "red" or "yellow" level infractions.

Five out of the 31 Hampton, North Hampton, Seabrook and Hampton Falls food establishments inspected so far this year by the state were found to have problems ranging from expired licenses to contamination issues.

A report of all the inspections — which were conducted after Jan. 1 and are graded on a three-color coded scale, ranging from green (no violations) to red (severe or license-related violations) — can be found here in a PDF.

of Hampton received a "yellow" infraction on Jan. 23 because the state determined the business wasn't properly preventing contamination from hands and because of the condition of some of its "cleanable fixtures," according to the report.

The of Hampton, , Loop-T-Scoop Ice Cream Tower of North Hampton, and N.H. Borderline Express of Seabrook all received "red" infractions because their licenses were expired at the time of the inspection.

All four of the businesses' licenses expired on Feb. 29. By law, if an operating establishment has allowed its license to expire, it must close and immediately apply for a renewal license, according to DHHS.

More information about this round of inspections can be found here on DHHS' website.