Health inspectors flag Plains Road pizza shop again on third re-check

Pizza Cravin, at 665 Plains Road East, was flagged again by Halton Region Public Health on Wednesday, Nov. 11, during its third re-inspection since September. Inspectors found three items out of compliance, including a critical one on protecting food from contamination, which was put right during the visit.

The other two were less serious: equipment and utensils weren't properly cleaned, sanitized and maintained, and the premises wasn't kept clean and sanitary. Both are non-critical items, the kind that don't on their own put diners at immediate risk. Inspectors are due back by Thursday, Nov. 26.

Public Health lists earlier visits there: a routine inspection on Sept. 8 followed by re-inspections on Sept. 11 and Sept. 28, and a routine inspection on May 7 followed by a re-inspection on May 11.

The same day, a routine inspection at Mandarin Burlington, 1881 Fairview Street, found a critical problem with temperature and food storage, which covers keeping food hot or cold enough to stop bacteria growing. A food handler training item was fixed on the spot. The restaurant's only earlier listed inspection was a routine one on June 15, and its follow-up is due by Monday, Nov. 16.

Most Burlington kitchens passed cleanly. Of 164 food premises Public Health inspected between Oct. 12 and Nov. 11, in records Lokul has collected, 133 had every item in compliance, leaving 31 with at least one problem. Cleaning lapses topped the list, but two of the four most common problems were critical ones.

Temperature problems turned up at two other places with follow-ups due soon. A Friday, Nov. 6 re-inspection at Creek Way Village, a long-term care home, again found a critical temperature and food storage item out of compliance. Hasty Market, the variety store at 495 Walkers Line, had the same critical problem at a routine inspection on Tuesday, Nov. 10. That day, First Steps Childcare, a child care centre at 3350 South Service Road, was told its equipment and utensils weren't properly cleaned and maintained, a non-critical item.