1 in 7. In a single recent quarter, SFDA carried out over 15,200 inspection visits across 12,260 establishments. 1,753 were found non-compliant.
Warning, then penalty. MOMAH and SFDA’s updated Table of Food Law Violations scales penalties by establishment size and runs on a “prevention before penalty” model: a warning with a grace period for non-severe breaches, immediate penalty for severe ones. Your grace period starts the day an inspector walks in, not the day you decide to fix it.
Reprinting is the real cost. A menu labelling change on print means reprint, redistribute, and repeat at every branch, every time SFDA updates a threshold. Phase 2 landed 8 months after Phase 1. There will be a Phase 3.