‘Spoiled, Adulterated’ Food: Trump Golf Club Hit With Health Violations

President Donald Trump vows to “make America healthy again.”

But one of Trump’s golf courses risked making patrons sick, New York state health records indicate.

A Dutchess County health inspector flagged the Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Hopewell Junction, New York, for a “critical violation” at its restaurant, according to New York State Department of Health inspection records from April 16.

The violation stems from the restaurant having “food from [an] unapproved source, spoiled, adulterated on premises,” the inspection record states.

It also dinged the Trump restaurant for a “non-critical” violation involving “in use” food dispensing utensils being “improperly stored.”

A screenshot from the New York State Department of Health showing health violations at the Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Hopewell Junction, New York. New York State Department of Health

On its website, the Trump golf club advertises its “delicious cuisine” as being “prepared by the Club’s culinary staff led by a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.”

Neither the Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley nor The Trump Organization, which owns and operates the club, immediately responded to requests for comment from NOTUS.

Several Trump properties have been hit with health code violations in the past year.

In December, Chicago health inspectors found flies, faulty dishwashers and wastewater flooding the floor of the main kitchen around three prep sinks at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, according to city health records first reported by NOTUS.

When health inspectors returned a week later, the restaurants had resolved the issues, although an inspector again instructed management to replace a broken ice machine lid.

In November, Westchester County Department of Health officials found insects and rodents at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, according to state health data first reported by NOTUS.

The unwelcome guests comprised one of five violations cited by health inspectors, who also observed a laundry list of violations including “dirty surfaces,” “poorly constructed” rooms “in disrepair,” food “uncovered, mislabeled, [and] stored on floor,” and “missing or inadequate sneeze guards.”

And in May 2025, health inspectors flagged 18 health code violations at Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. The golf club manager said at the time that the citations were “politically motivated.”

Health inspectors revisited the Bedminster golf club after Forbes first reported on the violations. Inspectors in June 2025 revised the golf club’s score from 32 out of 100, then the lowest grade in Somerset County, to 86.