{"id":469271,"date":"2026-09-19T18:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469271\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:32:17","slug":"sacramento-county-closes-arbys-for-sewage-residue-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469271\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento County closes Arby\u2019s for sewage, residue issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a Sacramento Arby\u2019s for health food violations including sewage overflow.<\/p>\n<p>What do these inspections mean?<\/p>\n<p>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=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">major vermin contamination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, a green placard means a restaurant passed inspection.<\/p>\n<p>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>Approximately 1% of inspections result in a closure, he said. These were the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, Sept. 10, through Wednesday, Sept. 16. If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at <a href=\"https:\/\/servicejournalists@sacbee.com\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">servicejournalists@sacbee.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How to report a business to the health department<\/p>\n<p>For readers who would like to report a local restaurant, food truck or caf\u00e9 on health violations, they can do so by filing a complaint to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Pages\/PageNotFoundError.aspx?requestUrl=https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CEH\/DFDCS\/CDPH+Document+Library\/FDB\/FoodSafetyProgram\/RetailFood\/LocalEHContacts.pdf\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">facility\u2019s local environmental health departments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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>Dining locations temporarily closed by health inspectors<a href=\"https:\/\/inspections.myhealthdepartment.com\/sacramento\/print\/?task=getPrintable&amp;path=sacramento&amp;pKey=266F7B73-3DA4-46C3-8D3F-C24B16F747AB,266F7B73-3DA4-46C3-8D3F-C24B16F747AB\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arby\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5845 Madison Ave., Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Number of violations: 6<\/p>\n<p>Date: Tuesday, Sept. 15<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbys.com\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Highlands burger chain<\/a> after finding sewage overflow from the floor sinks. Sewage was pooling beneath the three compartment sink.A portion of roast beef was held below proper hot holding temperature.Black residue was found inside soda nozzles.1 of 2 bathrooms inoperable because the toilet was unable to flush.Failure to post a current health permitCove base tile was missing in the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Arby\u2019s was <a href=\"https:\/\/inspections.myhealthdepartment.com\/sacramento\/print\/?task=getPrintable&amp;path=sacramento&amp;pKey=6ECFEFF6-1D4A-432B-81E4-42FA1BA2E956,6ECFEFF6-1D4A-432B-81E4-42FA1BA2E956\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reinspected<\/a> on Wednesday, Sept. 16 and passed with a green placard.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Bee reached out to the facility but could not reach a manager.<\/p>\n<p> Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/300720579\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789842737_143_9761_HA_250303VeronicaFernandeAlvarado Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/300720579\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            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\u2019s degree in journalism.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a Sacramento Arby\u2019s for health food violations including sewage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-469271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469271","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=469271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}