5 failed food inspections of Tri-Cities restaurants, bakery, hotel

The Benton Franklin Health District gave five failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area over two weeks, from Jan. 10-16.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 24 inspections, with eight of those earning perfect scores.

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 follow-up inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and fewer than 10 repeat red points for previous issues.

Scores of 85 or more red points result in establishments remaining on probation until they pass two follow-up inspections, the first one within 72 hours.

Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as not keeping hot food hot enough or cold food cold enough, inadequate handwashing, bare-hand contact with foods or refrigerating meat in a way that could contaminate other food.

Blue violations are low risk factors related to the cleanliness and physical condition of an establishment.

No notice is given before the inspections.

Businesses may have separate inspections of business lines with different health safety risks, such as grocery sales and a deli that prepares food.

Information about passed and failed inspections includes only licensed establishments. The health district is also responding to complaints of unlicensed pop-up food vendors throughout Benton and Franklin counties.

To see more inspection results, 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.

For questions or complaints about food safety in Benton or Franklin counties, email contactusfoodsafety@BFHD.WA.GOV.

To participate in the health district’s food safety topics survey, go to bit.ly/BFHDfoodsafetysurvey.

Failed inspections

Bruchi’s, 1840 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 15 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe high risk food; improper hot holding temperatures (<135°F); food worker cards not 100%.

Comfort Inn, 7801 W. Quinault Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 16 (35 Red, 7 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe high risk food; lack of conformance with approved procedures; accurate food thermometer not provided or used; improper washing of fruits and vegetables.

Ding Tea, 5802 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Jan. 16 (65 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures; lack of active managerial control; not properly disposing of potentially unsafe high risk food; room temperature storage or use of time as a control.

Eli’s Bakery, 1113 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 16 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Room temperature storage or use of time as a control; improper preparation of raw shell eggs; inadequate handwashing facilities.

Graze, 131 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures; improper washing of fruits or vegetables.

Passed inspections

AMC Kennewick 12, 1331 N. Center Parkway, Kennewick, Routine Jan. 13 (10 Red, 12 Blue)

Angel Brook Farm, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 15 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Baskin Robbins, 140 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Jan. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

CVS Pharmacy, 101 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Carl’s Jr., 2804 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (0 Red, 2 Blue)

Circle K, 1900 N. Steptoe St., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 15 (10 Red, 7 Blue)

DQ Grill & Chill, 2815 W. Second Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Dax’s Bar & Grill, 1004 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine Jan. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Fairfield Inn by Marriott, 7809 W. Quinault Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 16 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Golden Yan Restaurant, 1217 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Jan. 15 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Jackalope Bar & Grill, 3320 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 13 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Juanitos Foods, 1620 W. Clark St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 13 (0 Red, 8 Blue)

KFC/A&W, 2631 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Kennedy Mart, 4105 Kennedy Road, West Richland, Routine Jan. 13 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Maggie’s Place, 306 Seventh St., Prosser, Routine Jan. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mr. Qwik’s Gas & Goodies, 2519 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Monarca, 1408 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up Jan. 16 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Panda Express, 401 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Panera, 6821 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine Jan. 13 (5 Red, 2 Blue)

Roadrunner Restaurant & Lounge, 2125 E. Hillsboro St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 16 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbucks Coffee, 10 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Jan. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 2045 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 15 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Trejo’s Taco Factory, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 15 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Tri-Cities Food Bank, 321 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine Jan. 13 (10 Red, 0 Blue)