8 restaurants, social club and school fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities
The Benton Franklin Health District gave eight failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area from April 11-17.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 38 inspections, with 16 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, with one business line passing and another failing.
Information about passed and failed inspections includes only licensed establishments. The health district also responds to complaints of unlicensed pop-up food vendors in Benton and Franklin counties.
To see more inspection results or details of the past week’s inspections, go to inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/bfhd.
For questions or complaints about food safety in Benton or Franklin counties, email contactusfoodsafety@BFHD.WA.GOV.
Food customers may take a survey at bit.ly/FoodSafetyConsumerSurvey, and owners and employees of food establishments may take a survey at bit.ly/FoodSafetyIndustrySurvey.
Failed inspections
Bruchi’s, 1840 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up April 16 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No date marked on high risk foods (opened deli meat containers and half and half — inspector determines they are not past safe use date).
Casa de Los Chilaquiles, 1315 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine April 14 (55 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; hands not washed as required (employee put on gloves without washing hands, plus employee wearing gloves handled raw egg shells and then touched ready-to-eat tortillas); inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing station blocked and employee washed hands in the food prep sink); food contact surfaces not properly cleaned and sanitized.
Fraternal Order/Eagles, 2829 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine April 16 (100 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of adequate managerial control; improper ill employee practices (employee with uncontrolled coughing preparing food without wearing face mask); hands not washed as required (food employee in bar area did not wash hands after working on computer and then scooping ice for a drink); improper cooling procedures; no date marking of high risk food (deli meat and half and half); improper washing of fruits and vegetables (lettuce not cleaned before it was cut).
Fujiyama Japanese Steak House, 2522 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine April 16 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of conformance with approved procedures; food worker cards not current for all food workers; food not in good condition (spoiled imitation crab sticks); adequate food thermometer not available; inadequate handwashing facilities (bowl stored in handwashing sink).
Helados La Michoacana (Restaurant), 712 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine April 14 (75 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Lack of adequate managerial control; hot holding temperatures <135°F (nacho cheese at 120°); hands not washed as required (some employees washing hands with cold water); inadequate handwashing facilities (ice cream section temporarily closed until hot water restored at sink in the area during inspection); not washing fruits and vegetables (avocados not washed before they were peeled).
Jefferson Elementary School, 1550 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 15 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper use of time as a control (salad mix set out to be served must be correctly marked for discard within four hours); hands not washed as required (employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves).
Julissa’s Meat Market (Food service), 1120 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Follow-up April 14 (65 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of adequate managerial control; hot holding temperatures <135°F (chicharrónes and carnitas as cool as 100°); room temperature food storage (beef jerky); lack of conformance with approved procedures (no certified food protection manager on staff).
Taqueria El Sazon, 2226 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Raw meats not stored away from ready-to-eat food (raw chicken on top of a box of tomatoes in cooler); not properly washing fruits and vegetables (employee preparing to cut up unwashed zucchinis).
Passed inspections
Amistad Elementary School, 930 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 3609 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine April 14 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Carl’s Jr., 1026 N. Colorado St., Kennewick, Routine April 14 (20 Red, 5 Blue)
Carniceria La Cabana, 4330 Van Giesen St., Richland, Follow-up April 15 (Food service 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat department 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Cascade Elementary School, 505 S. Highland Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 14 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Cottage Market (Store), 1825 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine April 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Desert Moon Winery, 357 Port Ave., Prosser, Routine April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
El Dorado Mexican Grill, 2417 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
El Tiburon, 1410 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
The Endive Friterie, 94 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine April 15 (15 Red, 3 Blue)
FlavorJoy, 1080 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 16 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Headstart/Marcus Whitman, 1704 Gray St., Richland, Routine April 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Jamba Juice, 2727 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Karla’s Snacks, 524 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
King Burrito, 3107 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Kindred Spirits, 430 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
La Jalpita, 202 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 2 Blue)
McDonald’s, 2202 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine April 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
McKinley Springs Winery, 660 Frontier Road, Prosser, Routine April 16 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Metro Mart Pasco, 1015 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
MOD Pizza, 2801 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine April 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Monarca, 1408 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Monarca Ice Cream, 1830 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up April 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Nueva Esperanza Leadership Academy, 3713 E. A St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Park Middle School, 1011 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Picante Mexican Taqueria, 20 S. Auburn St., Kennewick, Routine April 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Red Robin, 1021 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Rivers Edge High School, 975 Gillespie St., Richland, Routine April 15 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Robert Frost Elementary School, 1915 N. 22nd Ave., Pasco, Routine April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Rollin, 212 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
7-Eleven, 415 Wright Ave., Richland, Follow-up April 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Stick & Stone, 3027 Duportail St., Richland, Routine April 15 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
The Endive Friterie, 94 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine April 15 (15 Red, 3 Blue)
Tokyo Sushi & Teriyaki, 3617 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine April 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Uncle Jay’s Corner (Food service), 830 W. A St., Pasco, Routine April 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Virgie Robinson Elementary School, 125 S. Wehe Ave., Pasco, Routine April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Wake Up Call, 22 Carmichael Dr., Kennewick, Routine April 14 (10 Red, 0 Blue)