If you run a commercial kitchen in this region, there is a good chance your business crosses a state line that your fire inspector does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A restaurant group might have one location on Mesa Street, another in Sunland Park, and a third in Las Cruces. Same owner, same equipment, same cleaning contractor \u2014 but three different authorities with the power to write you up. Operators reasonably assume that means three different rulebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It mostly doesn’t. Here is what actually governs your hood system on each side of the border, what inspectors on both sides look for, how often the system has to be serviced, and what your file needs to contain before someone asks to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not legal advice and it does not replace direction from your local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). It gives you one practical test: if a fire marshal asked for the report from your last cleaning today, could you show more than a sticker?<\/p>\n\n\n\n