Roaches and sticky residue found at Sacramento eatery, prompting temporary closure
Sacramento County Health Inspectors closed a local Vietnamese restaurant after finding health food violations including dozens of cockroaches and improperly stored sauces.
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, July 9, through Wednesday, July 15, as of Thursday, July 16. 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
Pho Bac Hoa Viet
6645 Stockton Blvd., Suite 300, Sacramento
Number of violations: 6
Date: Wednesday, July 15
- Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to the Clayton Wire Vietnamese restaurant after finding 51 German cockroaches in various stages of life throughout the facility including under the hand sink, by the ice machine and on the counter by the upright cooler.
- Beef bones were measured above proper cold holding temperature.
- The metal shelving across from the ice machines had sticky accumulation.
- Sauces were stored on a rack under a bag of recycling waste.
Pho Bac Hoa Viet has yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, July 16.
The Bee reached out to the restaurant but no manager was onsite.
