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What do those food safety emojis mean?

caption: Kelly Robersone of Simply Soulful in Madison Valley makes fresh lemonade as food inspector Mike Simpson inspects the restaurant's food safety handling  practices.
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Kelly Robersone of Simply Soulful in Madison Valley makes fresh lemonade as food inspector Mike Simpson inspects the restaurant's food safety handling practices.
Courtesy Tatiana Shams, Public Health Seattle-King County

Is it safe to eat at restaurants that don't have a perfect rating?

Restaurants in Seattle, in fact throughout King County have this green, grey and white poster in the front window with smiley face emojis on them. The posters are from the King County Public Health Department.

It’s nice to see the emojis with a big wide smile, but not all of the emojis are happy.

So what do you do in that scenario? This dilemma inspired a listener to ask SoundQs: “Recently my favorite Korean BBQ joint received a merely 'Good' rating — should I be worried?”

Listen to the episode by clicking the play button above or on your favorite podcast app. SoundQs is a weekly podcast where our KUOW reporters tackle questions submitted by our listeners.

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