Latest restaurant inspections: What Middletown restaurants were cited for in July

Orange County restaurant inspection records show two food establishments received five or more violations in July, according to the most recent data released by New York state.

An Indian restaurant in Newburgh had five non-critical violations and one critical violation in July, including not keeping potentially hazardous foods refrigerated and improperly storing equipment and utensils. A Chester camp received three non-critical violations and three critical violations in July, including leaking, dented, rusty or swollen canned food, improperly stored toxic chemicals and not enough refrigerator storage.

Other restaurants were cited for not protecting food from potential contamination and not using effective measures to prevent rodents and insects. In many cases, follow-up visits to the restaurants showed no violations.

Inspection reports are public documents, and the online database at data.recordonline.com has the results of inspections in Middletown and across New York. Readers can see when a facility was last inspected and get a summary of the violations inspectors found.

The database can be searched by county, or type in a name or address to find records for a specific restaurant.

Explore: Statewide database of restaurant inspections

Each report is a snapshot in time, reflecting observations from a single day when inspectors were in the restaurant.

Keep in mind the world of restaurant inspections is fluid. Your favorite eatery might have received a handful of violations and then quickly cleaned up and passed the next inspection with none. A clean slate in one report also doesn't mean problems can't arise later.

Many problems can often be traced to food service employees who either ignore standard operating procedures or show up ill and pass on food-borne illnesses.

This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Latest restaurant inspections: What Middletown restaurants were cited for in July