{"id":329740,"date":"2026-05-23T20:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329740\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:58:21","slug":"66-rat-droppings-what-else-was-found-at-this-sacramento-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329740\/","title":{"rendered":"66 rat droppings: What else was found at this Sacramento restaurant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sacramento County health inspectors closed a Florin Road restaurant this month after discovering 66 rat droppings in various areas of the eating establishment.<\/p>\n<p>What do these inspections mean?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saccounty.gov\/#gsc.tab=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A red placard, however, signals \u201cimminent danger to public health and safety\u201d and suspends an establishment\u2019s health permit until violations are corrected. This could include, but is not limited to, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article288124385.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:major vermin contamination;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;major vermin contamination&quot;}\" class=\"link \">major vermin contamination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In contrast, a green placard means a restaurant passed inspection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Approximately 1% of inspections result in a closure, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These were the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, May 14, through Wednesday, May 20, as of Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at <a href=\"https:\/\/servicejournalists@sacbee.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:servicejournalists@sacbee.com;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;servicejournalists@sacbee.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">servicejournalists@sacbee.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How to report a business to the health department<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CEH\/DFDCS\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/FDB\/FoodSafetyProgram\/RetailFood\/LocalEHContacts.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:local environmental health departments.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;local environmental health departments.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> local environmental health departments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inspections.myhealthdepartment.com\/sacramento\/print\/?task=getPrintable&amp;path=sacramento&amp;pKey=F2C7F643-FECA-4379-B368-B481884972A3%2CF2C7F643-FECA-4379-B368-B481884972A3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:A &amp; A Tasty;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;A &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">A &amp; A Tasty<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">6601 Florin Road, Sacramento<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Number of violations: 16<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Date: Wednesday, May 20<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Health inspectors gave a red placard to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/a-and-a-tasty-sacramento\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Florin Asian restaurant;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florin Asian restaurant&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florin Asian restaurant<\/a> after discovering vermin and animal contamination in the amount of approximately 66 rat droppings in the facility including on a container of syrup and in an unused walk-in cooler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California food handler cards were not available for review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some bulk ingredient containers lacked labels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cardboard in the facility was reused as liners for shelves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A &amp; A Tasty has yet to be reinspected as of Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Bee reached out to the restaurant, but the manager wasn\u2019t on site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additional inspections for the same time period <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/article315744771.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:can be found online here.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;can be found online here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">can be found online here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento County health inspectors closed a Florin Road restaurant this month after discovering 66 rat droppings in various&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[136866,18327,136864,136865,136863,121,2006,357,123,122],"class_list":["post-329740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-facility-inspections","tag-florin-road","tag-health-violations","tag-public-health-and-safety","tag-rat-droppings","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-bee","tag-sacramento-county","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}