Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a Carmichael eatery after finding three mice in a glue trap, one of them alive.
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, Oct. 15, through Wednesday, Oct. 21. If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at servicejournalists@sacbee.com.
How to report a business to the health department
For readers who would like to report a local restaurant, food truck or café for health violations, you can file a complaint with 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 inspectorsNew Rice Bowl & Boba Milk Tea
7416 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael
Number of violations: 10
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21
Health inspectors gave a red placard to the Carmichael Asian eatery after finding three mice on a glue trap inside the dry storage area with one of them still alive, an “excessive number” of rodent droppings and 14 cockroaches including inside the wall and roach egg sacs.The automatic dish machine was not dispensing sanitizer.An employee washed hands without drying them with paper towels.A bag of flour was left open in the dry storage room.
New Rice Bowl & Boba Milk Tea has yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, Oct. 22.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado is a service journalism reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked at the Star Democrat in Annapolis, Maryland. Veronica graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s degree in journalism.