A Health Inspector
From What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath by Dan Heath
February 24, 2026 · 31 min · Season 1 · Episode 65
About this episode
The episode features health inspector Justin Dwyer discussing the challenges of ensuring food safety in restaurants.
Suspending the licenses of unsafe restaurant operators, hunting down the origins of foodborne illness outbreaks, and eliciting truthful answers from anxious managers with Justin Dwyer, a health inspector in Peoria, Illinois. What happens when a restaurant locks the door on an inspector? And why should you never wash your Thanksgiving turkey? LINKS & REFERENCES Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath. You can find the audiobook at Audible, Spotify, and Apple B...
People in this episode
Host: Dan Heath
Guest: Justin Dwyer
Topics covered
- health inspection
- food safety
- restaurant regulation
- foodborne illness
- public health
Keywords
- health inspector
- food safety
- restaurant licenses
- foodborne illness
- Thanksgiving turkey
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
Places: Peoria, Illinois
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