Cockroaches, meat residue and yellow slime: See latest Sacramento County health inspections
Sacramento County Health inspectors closed a local Asian fusion restaurant due to a lack of sanitizer for washing dishes.
Five local restaurants, including a KFC, received yellow placards due to health code violations ranging from residue on a meat slicer to yellow slime on a soda machine.
A yellow placard signals two or more major violations, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide. These are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection.
A red placard signals “imminent danger to public health and safety” and suspends the health permit until violations are corrected. This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
In contrast, a green placard means a restaurant passed the inspection.
The county conducts roughly 14,000 inspections a year, and 97% of all restaurants pass their inspections, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee. About 1% of inspections result in a closure.
Health inspectors shut down El Quetzal Market on April 16 due to a cockroach infestation, but the specialty grocery store reopened a few days later.
Here are the Sacramento County food facility inspections for April 18 through Wednesday, as of noon Thursday:
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email Sacramento Bee reporter Jacqueline Pinedo at jpinedo@sacbee.com. The Bee will publish weekly updates on health inspections across Sacramento County.
Sacramento County inspectors close restaurant due to lack of sanitizer
Fresh off Da Boat Chef T’s Kitchen, 1515 Sports Drive in Sacramento, had 19 violations on April 18.
County health inspectors issued a “notice of temporary suspension” for the restaurant after observing a lack of sanitizer for washing silverware.
The restaurant owner told inspectors he had been washing dishes at a food preparation sink.
Frozen raw chicken wasn’t at the proper holding temperature, inspectors said, and cooked quinoa was cooling in a walk-in refrigerator.
Raw ground beef was stored above raw fish inside of a refrigerator, the report said, and a bag of taro was on the floor inside of a walk-in cooler.
The restaurant was reinspected on April 19, and received a green placard.
“It was just a minor issue,” Jacinta Seiuli, owner of Fresh of Da Boat Chef T’s Kitchen, said Friday. “Our sink wasn’t working when the inspector came in.”
Local KFC and market cited for health violations
The following Sacramento County restaurants had violations the week of April 18 through April 24, resulting in a conditional pass.
Only the dates of violations are listed. Most restaurants fully pass reinspection within 72 hours. The reports are linked. For updates on individual restaurants, you can search the EMD website here.
KFC, 7821 Alta Valley Dr. in Sacramento, had nine violations on Wednesday.
Inspectors saw four dead German rockroaches inside a glue trap and another dead roach by the lobby soda machine, according to Wednesday’s report.
Yellow slime had accumulated inside the soda machine nozzles
Popcorn chicken was outside of its proper holding temperature, the report said, an a tray of cooked chicken was thawing at room temperature.
The fast food restaurant was reinspected on Thursday, and received a green placard.
Aji Sushi, 5239 Elkhorn Blvd. in Sacramento, received 11 violations on Monday.
Inspectors observed an employee’s beverage without a lid or straw being stored in the back prep counter.
Cheese, salmon, raw tuna, tempura shrimp, imitation crab and eel were outside of proper holding temperatures during the inspection.
A box of syrup was on the floor in a dry storage area, according to the report, and wiping cloths used to clean prep counters had no sanitizer.
The sushi restaurant was reinspected on Tuesday, and received a green placard.
Wing Wa Supermarket, 6021 Stockton Blvd. in Sacramento, received six violations on April 19.
A basket of vermicelli noodles was outside of proper holding temperatures, according to the report.
Prepackaged item expiration labels were not “consistently legible,” inspectors said in the report, and the meat slicer had “visible signs of meat residue” on and around its blade.
The market was reinspected on Monday, and received a green placard.
Homero’s Mexican Food, 7465 Rush River Drive in Sacramento, had 10 violations on April 18.
The cook at the Mexican restaurant “did not have proper re-heating temperature knowledge,” according to the inspection report.
Cheese and french fries were stored outside of proper holding temperatures, as cooked beef sitting in a plastic tub.
Inspectors also saw raw beef thawing at an incorrect temperature.
During the inspection, “Approximately 10 pounds of beef were discarded,” the report said.
The market was reinspected on April 19, and received a green placard.
Blue Rice Cafe, 820 Halidon Way in Folsom, had seven violations on April 17.
Inspectors observed employees not washing their hands before putting on their gloves, according to the report
When washing dishes, employees were skipping the sanitizing step for utensils, according to the report.
The restaurant was reinspected on April 18, and received a green placard.
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