Sewage issues and roaches. What else was found at these Sacramento-area restaurants?
Sacramento County Health Inspectors closed two Sacramento-area restaurants after discovering health food violations including a cockroach infestation and overflowing sewage.
Additionally, health inspectors cited three eateries for violations including flies, lack of food safety knowledge and improper handwashing.
What do these inspections mean?
While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
A red placard, however, signals “imminent danger to public health and safety” and suspends an establishment’s 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 inspection. The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
Approximately 1% of inspections result in a closure, he said. These were the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, June 25, through Wednesday, July 1, as of Thursday, July 2. If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at servicejournalists@sacbee.com.
How to report a business to the health department
For readers who would like to report a local restaurant, food truck or café on health violations, they can do so by filing a complaint to the facility’s local environmental health departments.
The local health department is responsible for the initial investigation of consumer complaints regarding foods served or sold at retail food facilities, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Businesses temporarily closed by health inspectors
Nena’s Mexican Restaurant
232 Jibboom St., Sacramento
Number of violations: 1
Date: Thursday, June 25
- Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to the Mexican restaurant after finding a cockroach infestation, according to the restaurant closure page.
- Nena’s Mexican Restaurant was reinspected on Friday, June 26 and passed with a green placard.
Jack in the Box
4849 Madison Ave., Sacramento
Number of violations: 7
Date: Wednesday, July 1
- Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to the Madison Avenue burger chain after finding the floor sink, mop sink and floor drain at the warewashing area was overflowing.
- Training information was not provided to the inspector.
- The table storing shredded lettuce was improperly installed at the cook’s line.
- The lid at the exterior garbage dumpster was open at the time of inspection.
Jack in the Box had yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, July 2.
Raw eggs were stored over ready to eat food
Tasty Dumpling
3700 Crocker Drive, Suite 150, Sacramento
Number of violations: 15
Date: Friday, June 26
- Health inspectors cited the Curtis Park dumpling chain after finding six bamboo steamer baskets lacked a four-hour discard time.
- The facility had three expired California Food Handler cards.
- Employees lacked food safety knowledge in the following areas: holding temperatures, cooking temperatures, handwashing, glove use, mechanical dish washing and proper ware washing.
- Raw eggs were stored over ready to eat food.
Tasty Dumpling was reinspected on Saturday, June 27 and passed with a green placard.
B Brother’s Mini Mart
4847 Amber Lane, Sacramento
Number of violations: 12
Date: Wednesday, July 1
- Health inspectors cited the Cameron Ranch mart after finding a lack of paper towels inside the restroom and at the warewash area handwash stations.
- The facility lacked toilet paper inside the restroom.
- The floor sink beneath the 3-comp sink was draining slowly and observed unclean.
- The facility’s hot water supply was measured below proper hot water supply.
- Health inspectors found small flies near the three-compartment sink and floor sink area.
B Brother’s Mini Mart has yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, July 2.
Yummy Teriyaki Y Sushi
7909 Walerga Road, Suite 111, Antelope
Number of violations: 11
Date: Wednesday, July 1
- Health inspectors cited the Antelope Japanese restaurant after discovering that an employee didn’t wash their hands after handling/cleaning his eyeglasses before food prep.
- The handwashing sink in the kitchen was blocked with equipment/cleaning equipment.
- Tempura shrimp and grilled chicken were held below proper hot holding temperature.
- An employee in the sushi area didn’t wash their utensils using the correct procedure, he was observed rinsing utensils with water at the front sink.
Yummy Teriyaki Y Sushi has yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, July 2.
