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title: "Restaurant Operations"
canonical: https://www.m-i-n-d.ai/minds/restaurant
jurisdiction: "US Federal + State · FDA Food Code"
last_verified: 2026-08-25
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attribution: "Source: MIND (m-i-n-d.ai)"
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# Restaurant Operations

> US restaurant and food-service compliance: the FDA Food Code (as adopted by state and local health departments), state and county health department inspection requirements, and DOL tipped-wage and overtime rules under the FLSA — grounded exclusively in FDA.gov Food Code text, published state/county health codes, and DOL.gov Wage & Hour guidance.