The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued a COVID-19-related warning letter to an unidentified county restaurant following an inspection last week.

The department’s Bureau of Food Safety conducted 633 restaurant inspections statewide from Oct. 5 to 11, checking on COVID-19 mitigation requirements, including social distancing, masking and occupancy limits.

As a result, the bureau issued 48 COVID complaint-driven educational letters, referred 24 COVID related complaints to local and county health jurisdictions and issued two formal warning letters.

The bureau conducted 15 routine restaurant inspections and one COVID-related complaint-driven inspection in the county last week. One restaurant was issued a warning letter. None of the restaurants were identified by the bureau.

No county restaurants have been cited or issued educational letters since the department began conducting inspections in early August, but several have been inspected due to complaints. The warning issued last week was the first one issued to a county restaurant.