Friday, January 18, 2008

KFC/TACO BELL CLOSED BY HEALTH AUTHORITY

RESTAURANT ORDERED CLOSED
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS

For the second time in just less than six months, the Health Inspector ordered the KFC/Taco Bell restaurant, located at 6896 Island Highway North Nanaimo, to close their doors until health issues were addressed.

On July 18/07 the company was ordered to “cease and desist serving/ dispensing/ preparing food for the public.” At that time this facility was given a high hazard rating citing 3 critical violations and 3 non-critical violations.

On Jan. 9/08 the company was once again told to close their doors until all infractions had been corrected. On this inspection, the Inspector gave the restaurant another high hazard rating citing 3 critical violations and 2 non-critical violations.

The facility has since re-opened, presumably because they have met the conditions set out by the Health Inspector.

A company operating under a well known name such as KFC; would hardly be suspected of operating a food preparation facility which has to be ordered closed every six months or so.

The other KFC outlets in Nanaimo have never been ordered closed, so it would seem to be a store specific issue. However, if a restaurant is running a slip-shod operation, in the area of food safety, the public should be aware.

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Editors comment: The last time I drove past this outlet it appears to be not very well attended to, even from the outside. I witnessed garbage strewn about near the back door, dirty sidewalks and just generally a run down appearance.


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1 comment:

  1. Okay, I'm in Shanghai, China. About to come home for a few weeks and have really been missing the Taco Bell. Went to look up the only location on the north Island, and I read this.

    My flight's been canceled due to typhoon. I don't know when I'm going to be going home. My e-mail has been revoked for suspicious activity (I know it's the VPN I use for China, tech savvy people know what I'm talking about)...

    And now you've killed my Taco Bell...

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