Food Mart v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

Goolsby Judge:

This is an action in which Food Mart seeks a declaration that the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) violated S.C. Const, art. I, § 22 (1895)1 when DHEC downgraded Food Mart’s limited food *386service permit form “A” to “B” without prior adjudicatory-hearing. The circuit court denied Food Mart’s request for relief. Food Mart appeals. We dismiss.2

On November 23, 1992, DHEC conducted a routine food service inspection of Food Mart and noted certain violations. DHEC made a follow-up inspection on December 7,1992, and downgraded Food Mart’s food service…