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Sacramento County Health Inspectors closed the kitchen of a Hilton Garden Inn after finding more than 300 rodent droppings in the facility, Inspectors also closed three other dining spots.
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What do these inspections mean?
While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
A red placard, however, signals “imminent danger to public health and safety” and suspends an establishment’s health permit until violations are corrected. This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination. In contrast, a green placard means a restaurant passed inspection. The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
Approximately 1% of inspections result in a closure, he said. These were the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, Aug. 20, through Wednesday, Aug. 26. If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at [email protected].
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How to report a business to the health department
For readers who would like to report a local restaurant, food truck or cafe on health violations, they can do so by filing a complaint to the facility’s local environmental health departments. The local health department is responsible for the initial investigation of consumer complaints regarding foods served or sold at retail food facilities, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Dining locations temporarily closed by health inspectors
Hilton Garden Inn Sacramento
2540 Venture Oaks Way, Sacramento
Number of violations: 11
Date: Friday, Aug. 21
- Health inspectors gave a red placard to the hotel’s kitchen after discovering more than 300 rodent droppings in the dry storage room including 100 droppings on the floor under and behind the beer and wine cage and below dry food.
- Stacked flats of eggs that was on the cooks prep surface.
- A bulk bag of dried chili pods was stored open on the dry storage room shelf.
- The table mounted can opener was unclean with residue and debris.
- Dump sink next to the cooks line has a disconnected drain line.
- A personal cell phone was improperly put on top of a box of gloves at the cooks 3-door prep cooler prep surface.
Hilton Garden Inn Sacramento was reinspected on Saturday, Aug. 22 and passed with a green placard.
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The Bee reached out to the hotel but was unable to reach a manager.