The Harbor City Restaurant in Tippecanoe County, Indiana was closed by a court when the owner kept the restaurant open despite the health department’s order to close. A county employee saw the owner, Peter Wang, loading food for delivery on July 7, 2016, two days after health inspectors closed the restaurant after an inspection July … Read more
Kern County officials have closed an Arby’s outlet at 8920 Rosedale Highway in Bakersfield, California for rodent infestation. The restaurant received a score of 69%, which is a failing grade, for poor food handling practices and overall poor food establishment maintenance and sanitation. A complaint from the public triggered the latest inspection. The environmental health … Read more
Boston’s Fan Fan Restaurant has been closed by the Board of Health for food safety violations. Eight of the twenty-seven cited violations are considered risky for critical foodborne illness. And two of the violations are considered critical. The critical violations included cooling food at room temperatures, holding chicken patties at 129°F, when the minimum hot … Read more
The Hawaii State Department of Health now has Hawaii restaurant inspection information online. Consumers can now see food safety inspection reports with descriptions of violations. “We’re taking transparency to an entirely new level,” said Peter Oshiro, who manages the food safety inspection program. “Information from the inspection reports empowers consumers and informs their choices.” The online information is a … Read more
The Boston Board of Health has posted that the Chipotle Mexican Grill at 144 Brookline Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts has been closed for critical foodborne illness violations. The inspection date is 7/10/2015. There were two critical violations and one non-critical violation. The first critical violation is for cold holding. The reach-in unit in the from … Read more
How do diners use restaurant scores? A Dine Safe study of usage in King County, Washington sheds some light. Many cities have adopted a grade policy for restaurants tool help customers decide where to eat. Some cities use letter grades. In New York, for example, restaurants are required to post the letter grade of their … Read more
The restaurant called Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knott’s Berry Farm in California was closed this week after cockroaches were found during a routine inspection. The permit for the establishment was restored Thursday, October 7, 2014 after treatment was completed. Officials at the park said the infestation was an “isolated structural incident” and was … Read more
Can Twitter be used to identify sources of food poisoning? FoodBorne Chicago, found success with a trial run and now Boston and New York are considering similar programs. FoodBorne Chicago is a project of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, a civic organization with the goal of using technology to improve the lives. Using an algorithm, FoodBorne Chicago tracked tweets … Read more
Maggots in the meat case at a California Whole Foods store in Noe Valley is the news story that takes the top spot in this month’s edition of the Neews, food safety stories that put the eew in news. A meat clerk, Marc Melancon, told KRON-4 news that there were 40 maggots in meat case when he arrived … Read more
Food safety violations at Chinatown restaurants in Las Vegas have prompted a string of recent closures, according to a report from KTNV News. Many of them were for holding food at improper temperatures and storing or preparing food in dirty areas. Keeping hot foods hot and cold foods cold is a basic food safety principle. Cold … Read more