One restaurant received a “provisional” rating for five or more critical violations on unannounced county inspections April 1-27:
• Mercado Del Sol, 3000 S. Camino Del Sol
The restaurant received nine critical violations:
• Potentially hazardous foods not held at proper temperature
• Employees’ hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed
• Employees not using proper hand and arm cleaning procedures
• Food employees not preventing contamination of ready-to-eat food by limiting bare hand contact to approved methods
• Food separation, packaging, segregation and substitution methods not preventing food and ingredient contamination
• Food contact surfaces and equipment not cleaned frequently to prevent food contamination
• Foods not correctly date marked
• Consumer advisories not conducted properly
• Other critical items not in compliance.
One food establishment received a “needs improvement” rating during the period:
• El Mezquite #2, 2540 E. Benson Highway (mobile vendor)