Susan Kendrick, an Oregon Department of Agriculture food safety specialist, shows how she conducts inspections in grocery stores. Kendrick agreed to walk The Oregonian/OregonLive through her process during an announced visit. Inspections themselves are not announced. Mark Graves/The OregonianMark Graves

In Oregon, it hasn’t always been simple to find out how your local grocery store performs in routine state food safety inspections -- until today.

If you lived in California or many places in Washington, the information would be available online at your fingertips: Which stores had rat infestations, roaches, mold or workers who didn’t wash their hands after using the bathroom.

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