Trumbull health department struggles with staffing and mandates

TRUMBULL — Changes to health inspection requirements at local eateries will not only be a burden on restaurants but also the town’s health department, according to local health officials.

Trumbull Health Director Luci Bango said the department is already stretched thin — with only one part-time sanitarian and two open full-time positions to fill. And state mandates, such as the newly adopted FDA Food Code, are making keeping up with inspections nearly impossible, she said.

“There is a crisis right now in public health… and that is statewide,” Bango said. “The state needs to do something right now, not five

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