Complaint of food borne illness prompted 1 of latest Stanislaus County health inspections
A complaint of food borne illness prompted a visit by Stanislaus County health inspectors at a local bistro.
Food was being stored at improper temperatures at a truck stop.
These were some of the things found during Stanislaus County food facility inspections during the week of Feb. 18 to 25.
The majority of the 2,400 permitted food service establishments in Stanislaus County receive two routine unannounced food safety inspections per year, according to the Department of Environmental Resources. The website says inspection reports are scanned weekly.
Of the 26 restaurant inspection reports sent to The Modesto Bee on Wednesday, one was not updated on the site as of Thursday morning.
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email Modesto Bee reporter Dominique Williams at dwilliams@modbee.com.
Which food facilities had major violations?
The following Stanislaus County restaurants had violations the week of Feb. 18-25. Only the dates of violations are listed.
The details of the reports do not indicate whether a restaurant passed or failed inspection. Corrective actions may have been made by the business by the time of publication.
The reports are linked. For updates on individual restaurants, search the DER website.
Valley Meal Prep, 529 N Golden State Blvd. in Turlock, had one major violation during a routine inspection Feb. 20. The hand-washing sink in the employees bathroom was out of order, and employees were using the janitor sink to wash their hands.
The violation was noted as corrected after a reinspection Feb. 27.
El Bistro by Salt and Pepper, 901 N Carpenter Road Suite 18 in Modesto, had three violations during an inspection made Feb. 23 after a complaint alleging that a meal eaten at the facility caused an individual to become ill. One of the violations was major.
The internal temperature of beef and chicken in a refrigerator in the food prep area was 42 and 43 degrees (must be 41 degrees or lower). The internal temperature of two different types of beans in the same refrigerator was 56 and 64 degrees (must be 41 degrees or lower). The sanitizer in the dishwasher had a concentration of 0 ppm. It must read at 50 ppm.
All violations were noted as corrected during a reinspection March 1.
Joe’s Travel Plaza, 4415 Howard Road in Westley, had six violations during a routine inspection Feb. 23. Inspectors observed towels and cardboard beneath potentially hazardous food in the walk-in cooler. There was a large hole in the wall beneath and behind the table holding hot-holding equipment in the food prep room.
The internal temperature of salsa in the walk-in refrigerator was 48 degrees and the internal temperature of opened chorizo was 44 degrees. The ambient air temperature of the walk-in cooler at each end (one end had milk products, the other had potentially hazardous food) was 42 and 43 degrees. The temperatures must read 41 degrees or below.
Other food facilities with three or more, or major, violations at the time of their inspections include:
Primo Market, 816 S First St., Turlock
Two or less non-major violations for some establishments
According to Stanislaus County, food facilities that had one to two violations, none of them major, are:
Burger King, 102 Ward Ave., Patterson
Walgreens, 995 Sperry Ave., Patterson
These Stanislaus County restaurants had zero violations
These food facilities had no violations, according to the county:
