{"id":312362,"date":"2026-10-23T01:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312362\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:36:19","slug":"berks-county-food-safety-inspections-for-the-week-of-oct-12-18-spotlight-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312362\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County food safety inspections for the week of Oct. 12-18 \u2022 Spotlight PA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state inspected the following food establishments in Berks County. To find more restaurant safety information, view full inspection reports, and sign up for real-time text or email alerts for specific restaurants or locations, visit Spotlight PA\u2019s Restaurant Safety Tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture<\/a> produces retail food inspection reports for 61 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties using the FDA Model Food Code. Inspections are conducted regularly throughout the state, and results are posted as inspections are conducted. As noted by the Department of Agriculture, inspections are a \u201csnapshot\u201d of a particular day. Many violations are relatively minor and are fixed at the time of inspection.<\/p>\n

Facilities with violations:<\/p>\n

Americana Diner<\/a>
682 Route 100, Bechtelsville, PA 19505
Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Refrigerated ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food prepared in the food facility, located in the walk-in coolers, is not being date marked.<\/p>\n

Bernville Eagle Hotel Inc<\/a>
301 Main St., Bernville, PA 19506
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

1 high priority violation<\/p>\n

High Priority: 4 fryer baskets were observed with broken wires. Corrected, removed from service.<\/p>\n

Blandon Fire Co #1 Relief Association<\/a>
36 W. Wesner Rd., Blandon, PA 19510
Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Soda nozzle gun holder, a food contact surface, was observed to have food residue and was not clean to sight and touch. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Daniel Boone Area Schools Amity Intermediate<\/a>
200 Boone Dr., Douglassville, PA 19518
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food, located in the Walk-in cooler, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened.<\/p>\n

Daniel Boone Middle School<\/a>
1845 Weavertown Rd., Douglassville, PA 19518
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

2 moderate priority violations<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Food facility inspection indicates evidence of rodents\/insect activity in dry storage room. Facility does not have a pest control program. Observed apparent rodent droppings in the back left corner of room and on empty can rack. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food, located in the Walk-in cooler, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened.<\/p>\n

Dans at Green Hills<\/a>
2444 Morgantown Rd., Reading, PA 19607
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

1 high priority, 3 moderate priority, 2 low priority violations<\/p>\n

High Priority: Multiple foods were held at 42\u00b0F, in the small refrigerator at the end of the cook line area, rather than 41\u00b0F or below as required. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Soap was not available at the handwash sink in the bar area. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Refrigerated ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food prepared in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in the small refrigerator on cook line, is not being date marked.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food, located in the Walk-in cooler, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Multiple food ingredient storage containers, in the dry storage area, is not labeled with the common name of the food. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Observed 4 plastic bowls throughout facility that were cracked\/broken around the food contact surfaces. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Kilts’ Kitchen<\/a>
71 W. Penn St., Lenhartsville, PA 19534
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Refrigerated ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety foods prepared or thawed in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in the cold hold units, are not being date marked.<\/p>\n

Kitchen at Pricetown<\/a>
3674 Pricetown Rd., Fleetwood, PA 19522
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority, 2 low priority violations<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Refrigerated ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety foods prepared and thawed in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in the cold hold units, are not being date marked.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Food employees observed in cookline area, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats, or beard covers.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Food employee observed in cookline area, wearing a watch on arms. Correced.<\/p>\n

Morgantown Diner<\/a>
101 Moreview Blvd., Morgantown, PA 19543
Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

1 high priority violation<\/p>\n

High Priority: Multiple foods were held at 48\u00b0F, in the back refrigerator area, rather than 41\u00b0F or below as required. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Penske South<\/a>
2675 Morgantown Rd., Reading, PA 19607
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority, 1 low priority violations<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Observed two 8oz milks offered for sale beyond the sell by date of 10\/10\/26. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Single use sauce containers and lids not stored inverted on the service line to protect from overhead contamination. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Pour House American Grille<\/a>
3341 Pricetown Rd., Fleetwood, PA 19522
Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

1 high priority, 3 moderate priority, 1 low priority violations<\/p>\n

High Priority: Several raw animal foods were stored above ready to eat foods in the refrigerator in the prep area. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Soap was not available at the handwash sink in the cookline area. Dispenser observed broken off the wall, please replace with a bottle of hand soap until dispenser can be replaced.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Cooked ribs were observed thawing at room temperature on the counter in the prep area, which is not an approved thawing method. Corrected and moved to the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Lobster tails were observed thawing in standing water in the prep sink, which is not an approved thawing method. Corrected moved to refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: The floor \/ wall juncture in kitchen area between mop sink and prep area is not coved and closed to 1\/32 inch.<\/p>\n

Pulse Cafe<\/a>
1714 State Hill Rd., Reading, PA 19610
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

4 moderate priority violations<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Eggs are served undercooked to the customer’s request; however, a written consumer advisory (on the menu, table tent, or placard) is not provided to the consumer. Menus will be reprinted.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Water pressure is low at the handwash sink in the front serving area.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Soap was not available at the handwash sink in the employee restroom. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the employee restroom. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Redner’s Quick Stop #74<\/a>
8381 Allentown Pike, Reading, PA 19605
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

2 moderate priority, 1 low priority violations<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time\/temperature control for safety food (egg patties) located in the prep reach-in refrigeration unit, was not date marked. PIC discarded container of eggs during inspection.<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Facility hot water heater is not adequately supplying hot water to the restroom hand wash sinks, at the time of this inspection.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Observed deeply scored cutting board in deli prep station, not resurfaced or discarded as required.
*Note: Facility located a clean cutting board in back storage area to be cleaned, sanitized and replace current cutting board.<\/p>\n

River Rock Academy @ Amity Primary Center<\/a>
2144 Weavertown Rd., Douglassville, PA 19518
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

1 low priority violation<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Non-food contact surfaces not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of dirt and soil. Observed the bottom of the milk cooler to have a buildup of old food residue.<\/p>\n

Tivoli Beneficial Assoc 15803390.<\/a>
339 Blair Ave., Reading, PA 19601
Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Beer taps have not been cleaned weekly last cleaning was 9\/25\/26<\/p>\n

Twin Valley High School<\/a>
4851 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson, PA 19520
Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

1 moderate priority violation<\/p>\n

Moderate Priority: Observed the wall behind the entrance to the dish wash machine to have a buildup of apparent mold. Corrected.<\/p>\n

Union Fire Co #1 of Kulptown<\/a>
1082 Chestnut St., Douglassville, PA 19518
Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

2 low priority, 1 other violations<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Grease and food residue observed along floor perimeters along the cooking line, under and behind equipment.<\/p>\n

Low Priority: Loose rubber door gaskets observed on the reach-in freezer.<\/p>\n

Other: Food facility does not employ a certified food employee as required. PIC registered for a FEC course during the time of inspection.<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart #1777<\/a>
5900 Perkiomen Ave., Reading, PA 19606
Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

1 high priority violation<\/p>\n

High Priority: Observed seven quarts of reduced fat buttermilk offered for sale beyond the sell-by date of 10\/12\/2026. Corrected immediately.<\/p>\n

Facilities with no violations:<\/p>\n

Berks Ctc-West Campus, 1057 County Welfare Rd., Leesport, PA 19533, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Birdsboro Mart, 6600 Perkiomen Ave., Birdsboro, PA 19508, on Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

Boyertown Area Schools Boyertown Elem., 641 E. Second St., Boyertown, PA 19512, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Circle Back Coffee, 740 Noble St., Kutztown, PA 19530, on Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

City Girl Juice, 4606 Penn Ave., Reading, PA 19608, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Comb Coffee Co. Mff3\/ Cart, 330 W. Weis St., Topton, PA 19562, on Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

Dollar General # 13695, 230 S. Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA 19512, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

El Ranchero Boyertown LLC, 1013 Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA 19512, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Fleetwood Area Sd Andrew Maier El, 355 Andrew Maier Blvd., Blandon, PA 19510, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Gourmand Mobile Unit Mff4 (Zvt-0824), 706 Brownsville Rd., Sinking Spring, PA 19608, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Honey Belle Events Mff3\/Xrs3713, 1606 Whitfield Blvd., Reading, PA 19609, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Jake’s Shakes, 545 Niantic Rd., Barto, PA 19504, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Kitt’s Cafe & Gandalf’s Garden, 8520 Allentown Pike Ste 13&14, Blandon, PA 19510, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Massimo’s Take Out Pizza & Grill, 100 Anna Ave., Blandon, PA 19510, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Mecca Caribbean and Soul Food, 166 Franklin St., West Reading, PA 19611, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Mount Pleasant Fire Co #1, 5664 Mount Pleasant Rd., Bernville, PA 19506, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Paranormal Cirque Booth 1 Tfs3, 450 Wentz St., Kutztown, PA 19530, on Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

Peter Pipers Pickle Palace, 740 Noble St., Kutztown, PA 19530, on Oct. 16, 2026<\/p>\n

River Rock Academy, 810 Brownsville Rd., Reading, PA 19608, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Sacred Heart School, 701 Franklin St., West Reading, PA 19611, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Stampede Barbecue, 4372 Morgantown Rd., Mohnton, PA 19540, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

The Rooted Roastery Kafe by Kari LLC, 298 W. Main St., Fleetwood, PA 19522, on Oct. 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Velador LLC Sport Bar & Pizza, 549 N. 10th St., Reading, PA 19604, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Wk & S Railroad Snack Bar, Community Center Dr., Kempton, PA 19529, on Oct. 13, 2026<\/p>\n

This post was automatically generated with data<\/a> from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture\u2019s database of Food Safety Inspections for Retail Facilities. We have also labeled violations as high, moderate, or low priority. These categories align directly with priority levels identified in the FDA Food Code: Priority, Priority Foundation, and Core.<\/p>\n

Priority items contribute directly to the elimination, prevention, or reduction to an acceptable level of hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury, such as handwashing, food handling, and temperature control, or other direct food contamination threats, such as rodents or pests. We noted violations of priority items as high priority.<\/p>\n

Priority foundation items support, facilitate, or enable control of risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury, such as personnel training, labeling, and record-keeping. We noted violations of priority foundation items as moderate priority.<\/p>\n

Core items usually relate to standard operating procedures, facility structures, equipment design, or general maintenance. We noted violations of core items as low priority.<\/p>\n

To read the full inspection reports, you can visit: pafoodsafety.pa.gov\/web\/inspection\/publicinspectionsearch.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state inspected the following food establishments in Berks County. To find more restaurant safety information, view full…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-312362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}