Natrona County health and food inspections (10/9/23

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries, and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year.

According to the department, “There are three types of violations: priority, priority foundation and core.”

While the department of health is looking for deficiencies, the organization’s main goal is to educate businesses, helping them understand unsafe practices and ways to correct them.

According to the program manager for Environmental Health in Natrona County, “There is no sliding scale or a pass or failing of a health inspection.” Every violation is either fixed immediately or within 10 days, meaning that a violation does not make the business unsafe.

If a re-inspection is required, the issue might have been more severe or the facility required more time to fix it. They have 10 days to fix the issue, and according to Heald most facilities can easily meet the requirement.

Any serious violations or notable quotes will be included in summary notes below, but the full report for each restaurant can be found at the department’s website, where it publishes all of its current information.

Big D #53/Papa John’sViolations: 2 (1 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Continue working on cleanliness particularly inside cabinets and under and behind equipment. Have equipment for the addition of Papa John’s Pizza.”

Express SolutionsViolations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “The Avantco cooler was overloaded and as a result all food except for the top two shelves was above 45F.”

Hideaway BarViolations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “No dishes were being washed during the inspection.”

Himalayan Cuisine LLCViolations: 11 (6 priority)Re-inspection Required: YesLink to full report

Comments: “The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) foods throughout the refrigeration units are not labeled with a discard date.”

Steamboat Deli & OutletViolations: 3 (2 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Cutting boards are scored to where they are not easily cleanable.”

Candlewood SuitesViolations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Little Caesars PizzaViolations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: can opener.”

Meals on WheelsViolations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Rapidly reheat the food to 165°F and maintain at 135°F or above through the hot holding period.”

Pizza Hut #240 DeliveryViolations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Organized, neat and clean facility.”

Common Cents #204 Wyoming BlvdViolations: 2 (1 priority)Re-inspection Required: YesLink to full report

Comments: “The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: soda fountain ice chute (north). 10/11/23 – The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: soda fountain ice chute (north).”

House Of SushiViolations: 9 (2 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: YesLink to full report

Comments: “Cut produce such as lettuce should not be left out of cold holding.”

Los Amigos Mexican FoodViolations: 3 (priority, 1 corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: YesLink to full report

Comments: “Chlorine sanitizing solution used in the sanitizer buckets [was] not at an acceptable concentration.”

Taco Bell CY AvenueViolations: 2Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Not all refrigeration units have thermometers in them.”

Lifetime Health & Fitness Center Juice BarViolations: 1Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Dispensing utensils improperly stored between uses; scoops left in protein powder with handles touching the food.”

Lime Leaf Asian BistroViolations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “All violations have been corrected.”

Paradise Valley Country ClubViolations: 2 (priority, corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) foods in the refrigeration units were not discarded by the date marked.”

Paradise Valley Liquor (Half Barrel)Violations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Pho Saigon NoodleViolations: 7 (5 priority)Re-inspection Required: YesLink to full report

Comments: “A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after handling soiled utensils or after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands.”

Pizza Hut #238Violations: 6 (1 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “There are no test strips for checking the sanitizer concentration at the dish machine.”

Southridge Elementary SchoolViolations: 0Re-inspection Required: NoLink to full report

Comments: “Remind staff to change gloves any time they may have become contaminated and to wash hands before putting on gloves so that anything that is on their hands is not transferred to the gloves.”

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