9 Tri-Cities restaurants and other businesses fail food safety inspections
The Benton Franklin Health District gave failing grades to nine restaurants and other businesses in Pasco and Kennewick during food safety inspections from July 10 to 14.
Five of those businesses were being given a follow-up inspection in response to previous issues.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 12 inspections, seven of them with perfect scores, including three businesses that aced their follow-up check.
In the district’s routine inspections, businesses or organizations that receive at least 35 points for the more serious red violations are required to have additional inspections and must meet a tougher standard on those.
To pass followup inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and fewer than 10 red points for previous issues.
Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as improper temperature control of food, lack of handwashing or bare-hand contact with foods.
Blue violations are low risk factors related to the cleanliness and physical condition of an establishment.
No notice is given before the inspections.
Inspection results are posted online so residents can look up the status and the details of any violations of individual restaurants or check other businesses.
Go to bit.ly/BFHDinspections. Click on the business name and then on the date of the inspection on the right half of the next page. Look for the “Violations” tab.
Failed inspections
Buriram Bites, Event, Routine July 13 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Fiesta Foods (Deli), 115 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up July 14 (80 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Kennewick Bottle and Food (Deli), 325 S. Union St., Kennewick, Routine July 11 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F), improper cold holding (>45°F), accurate thermometer not provided or used, improper chemical use.
La Casita, Event, Routine July 11 (65 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improper cooling procedures, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (42-45°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Maharaja Taste of India, 8110 Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (80 Red, 15 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, inadequate handwashing facilities (multiple sinks lacked hot enough water, among other sink issues), improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F), improper cold holding (>45°F), accurate thermometer not provided or used.
Maverik (Deli), 3505 N. Road 68 Pasco, Follow-up July 11 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F).
Taquerias Sahuayo, Event, Follow-up July 11 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hot holding (<130°F).
Trejo’s Mexican Restaurant, 1833 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up July 11 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities, improperly disposing of potentially unsafe food.
Wong’s Chinese Gardens, 1520 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Follow-up July 11 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improperly disposing of potentially unsafe food.
Passed inspections
Amarilis’s Meat Market (Deli), 1825 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Crepe Zone, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Fiesta Foods, 115 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine July 14 (Bakery 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Kiosk 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 20 Red, 5 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Giddy Up BBQ (Caterer), 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine July 11 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Legacy High School, 4624 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
MyFroYo, 4803 Clemente Lane, Pasco, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Ruby Thai Kitchen, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Sbarro, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up July 10 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Westgate Elementary School, 2514 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
