Dead cockroaches and black mold in an ice machine of a downtown Modesto cafe were some of the violations observed during Stanislaus County health inspections conducted in mid-June.
The majority of the 2,400 permitted food service establishments in the county receive two unannounced routine food safety inspections per year, according to the Department of Environmental Resources . The website says inspection reports are scanned weekly.
Food trucks that operate under a Stanislaus County Health Department permit also are inspected by the county, though those are scheduled and done at the department’s office.
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Of the 26 restaurant inspection reports sent to The Modesto Bee on Friday, two were not updated on the site as of Friday morning.
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email Modesto Bee reporter Dominique Williams at dwilliams@modbee.com .
Dead cockroaches and black mold among major violations
Violations were found during routine inspections of the following Stanislaus County food facilities during the week of June 17-23. Only the dates of violations are listed.
The details of the reports do not indicate whether a restaurant passed or failed inspection. Corrective actions may have been made by the business by the time of publication.
The reports are linked. For updates on individual restaurants, search the DER website .
La Perla Tapatia , 7045 Hughson Ave in Hughson, had four violations on June 17 — three of them major. Pans of rice and refried beans were cooling at room temperature. The rice was between 129 and 138 degrees and the beans were at 136 degrees (approved methods must be used to rapidly cool potentially hazardous foods from 135 degrees to 70 degrees within 2 hours and from 70 degrees to 41 degrees within 4 hours). At the steam table, pork was at 128 degrees, noodles with ham and chicken were between 124 and 128 degrees and roasted chicken was between 129 and 132 degrees (must be 135 degrees or higher). The ambient temperature in the meat walk-in refrigerator was between 45 and 47 degrees. Raw cuts of beef were between 40 and 47 degrees and pans of cooked meats were between 43 and 46 degrees (must be 41 degrees or lower). The metal shelving in the meat walk-in refrigerator had food stain build-up.
All violations were noted as corrected during a reinspection on June 27.
T-Cups Cafe , 1021 10th St. in Modesto, had nine violations on June 17 — one of them major. Inspectors observed three dead cockroaches in the back ware-washing area. The ice machine was noted to have black mold growth inside the equipment. The ice machine drain line was inside the floor sink and did not provide the required air gap of two times the diameter of the pipe. Tapioca pearls were inside the hot-holding unit while the unit was off. The food had a temperature of 75 degrees (must be 135 degrees or higher).
The two food preparation refrigerators and the three-door freezer were heavily soiled with food stains. The mechanical hood system had dust and grease accumulation. Several cloth towels were noted throughout the facility with no chlorine sanitizer concentration. The beverage refrigerator had a temperature of 43 degrees (must be 41 degrees or lower). The hand washing sink did not provide the required one-gallon-per-minute flow rate.
Agave Azul , 6724 Whitmore Ave. in Hughson, had eight violations on June 18 — one of them major. Frozen meat was stored in containers with standing water. Raw semi-frozen shrimp was placed directly in the food preparation sink without a container to provide more effective surface area coverage. Proper thawing procedures include inside a refrigerator, under cold running water at 70 degrees or less for less than two hours, in a microwave or during cooking. The interior surface of the ice machine had grime stain build up and the hood filters had grease stain build up. An outside storage shed was being used to store canned and dried food products. The food safety certification was lacking and sanitizing test strips were lacking.
Five violations remained during a reinspection on June 25 — one of them major — and all violations were noted as corrected during a second reinspection on July 1.
Other food facilities with three or more, or major, violations at the time of their inspections include:
One to two violations for some Stanislaus County restaurants
According to Stanislaus County, food facilities that had one to two violations, none of them major, are:
- Cigarettes For Less
- Crumbl Cookies , 3801 Pelandale Ave. Suite A5, Modesto
- El Coco Loco Mariscos Nayarit
- Farmer Boys , 1701 Prescott Road, Modesto
- Jamba Juice , 3401 Dale Road Suite 471, Modesto
- See’s Candies , 3401 Dale Road Suite 475, Modesto
- Subway , 1515 Mitchell Road Suite 1, Ceres
- Taco Bell , 3900 Pelandale Ave. Suite E
- Wetzel’s Pretzels , 3401 Dale Road Suite 469, Modesto
No violations for these food facilities
These food facilities had no violations, according to the county:
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