No hot water, no soap. Failed Tri-Cities area food safety inspections

The Benton Franklin Health District gave two failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area from May 30 to June 5.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 28 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

El Flaco Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs, 1909 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine May 31 (45 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Hands not washed as required (worker put on new gloves without washing hands and hot water had stopped working); inadequate handwashing facilities (no hot water at handwashing sink, possibly because water tank was low); improper washing of vegetables (onions not washed before cutting and cooking — cooked onions were discarded).

Tacos 24 Hrs, 321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 4 (45 Red, 7 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one handwashing sink); toxic substances not properly used (sanitizing solution above allowable concentration); no certified food protection manager on staff; risk of cross contamination (raw eggs stored in refrigerator above open pot of stew); lack of compliance with approved procedures; food worker cards not 100%.

Passed inspections

Basin City Elementary School, 303 Bailie Blvd., Mesa, Follow-up June 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Bethlehem Lutheran School, 2505 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Bruchi’s, 5209 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, Routine June 4 (25 Red, 8 Blue)

Bruchi’s, 8903 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 4 (0 Red, 11 Blue)

Cardamom Indian Grill & Bar, 1312 Lee Blvd., Richland, Follow-up June 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Christ The King School, 1122 Long Ave., Richland, Routine June 3 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Connell Child Development Center, 600 E. Adams St., Connell, Routine June 2 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Enterprise Middle School, 5200 Paradise Way, West Richland, Routine June 1 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Benton City, 313 3rd St., Benton City, Routine June 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Children’s Center, 1549 S.E. Georgia Ave., Richland, Routine June 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Kennewick, 712 S. Washington, Kennewick, Routine June 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Knights of Columbus, 2500 Chester Road, Richland, Routine June 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Prosser, 1300 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine June 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Kahlotus School District, 100 W. Martin St., Kahlotus, Routine June 2 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

Kennewick High School Kitchen, 200 S. Fruitland St., Kennewick, Routine June 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Kingspoint Christian School, 7900 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 3 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

KUKI Izakaya, 697 Crosswind Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 4 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

LokoMix Plus, 101 N. Union St., Kennewick, Routine June 5 (30 Red, 8 Blue)

Mesa Elementary School, 200 E. Pepiot Road, Mesa, Routine June 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Muchas Gracias Mexican Food, 894 Stevens Drive, Richland, Follow-up June 4 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

New Horizons High School, 2020 W. Argent Road, Pasco, Routine June 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Palouse Junction Alternative School, 110 N. Chelan Ave., Connell, Routine June 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Pasco Child Development Center, 315 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up June 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Prosser Heights Elementary School, 2001 Highland Drive, Prosser, Routine June 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Richland School District Early Learning Center, 1525 Hunt Ave., Richland, Routine June 1 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Stacks Mobile Bistro Catering, 815 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine May 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Sweet Snack Attack, 212 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Sweet Squeeze Lemonade (Exempt from commissary), The Parkway, Richland, Routine May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)