DineSafe Toronto: Food safety inspectors find serious health violations at 10 restaurants (Apr. 6)

Article Published April 6, 2022
Article Source: DineSafe Toronto: Food safety inspectors find serious health violations at 10 restaurants (Apr. 6) | The Star

Toronto Public Health issued conditional pass warnings to 10 local eateries over the past week.

Asia Garden Restaurant located at 2648 Islington Ave was issued a conditional pass on March 30 for the following infraction:

• Fail to ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary

Casa Sushi located at 469 Danforth Ave was issued a conditional pass on March 30 for the following infractions:

• Fail to provide thermometer in refrigeration equipment

• Food premise maintained in manner permitting adverse effect on food

Katsupan located at 3262 Midland Ave was issued a conditional pass on March 30 for the following infractions:

• Fail to provide handwashing stations with adequate supplies (hot and cold water)

• Food premise maintained in manner to permit contamination of single-service containers

Metro located at 291 York Mills Rd was issued a conditional pass on March 30 for the following infraction:

·         Display potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C

Butterchick located at 4841 Yonge St was issued a conditional pass on March 31 for the following infractions:

• Sanitize utensils in quaternary ammonium compound solution of less than 200 ppm

• Store potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C

Kapit Bahay located at 4218 Lawrence Ave E was issued a conditional pass on March 31 for the following infraction:

• Store potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C

Annalakshmi located at 277 Wellington St W was issued a conditional pass on April 1 for the following infractions:

• Fail to protect food from contamination or adulteration

• Sanitize utensils using agent for which test reagent not readily available

• Use food equipment not in good repair

Fusion Supermarket located at 1150 Morningside Ave was issued a conditional pass on April 1 for the following infractions:

• Display potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C

• Fail to maintain handwashing stations (liquid soap and paper towels)

• Fail to protect against harbouring of pests

Hungry Jacks Italian Grill located at 820 St Clair Ave W was issued a conditional pass on April 1 for the following infractions:

• Maintain potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4 C and 60 C

• mechanical equipment not maintained to provide sufficient chemical solution rinse

Motherland Foods located at 1286 Kennedy Rd was issued a conditional pass on April 1 for the following infractions:

• Fail to maintain records of food purchased for one year

• Fail to protect food from contamination or adulteration

• Have on food premise meat not labelled

About DineSafe

All establishments in the City of Toronto that serve or prepare food are subject to Toronto Public Health’s DineSafe program — including restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, bars, nightclubs, convenience stores, grocery stores, cafeterias, mobile food vendors and more — and each establishment must display their most recent inspection results prominently and without alteration.

A DineSafe inspection can result in a “pass,” a “conditional pass” or a “closed” notice. A pass is issued if no infractions or only minor infractions are observed, a conditional pass if at least one infraction poses a potential health risk, and a closed notice if at least one infraction presents an immediate health hazard.

Conditional passes and closure notices, which are only issued if at least one major infraction is not corrected at the time of the initial inspection, trigger a follow-up inspection within 48 hours. Failure to correct major infractions upon re-inspection can result in fines, summons to court and other punitive measure