Restaurant inspection update: Bugs in bottles, outdated food and a temporary shutdown

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 2,688

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including unsanitary kitchens, insects inside bottled beverages and conditions that resulted in the immediate, temporary shutdown of one eastern Iowa restaurant.

The findings are reported by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing, which handles food-establishment inspections at the state level.

Listed below are some of the more serious findings that stem from …

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