You might already know your menu or at least have an idea of what you want to serve. You might even know what types of equipment you'll use to cook your menu items. But do you know what types of dinnerware you'll use?

Though health inspection codes can vary from New York to New Jersey to Connecticut, there are some basic things restaurants and foodservice operators should consider when trying to pass health inspections. Let's take a look at why restaurants fail health inspections to learn more about the pitfalls of non-compliance.