A-C Farm Market

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedSeptember 28, 2010
• address1429 Dorchester Av Av, Boston 02122

Is A-C Farm Market clean?

A-C Farm Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 28, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at A-C Farm Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 28, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Source • Sour mustard pickles being made from home and sold at the retail level. Discontinue all sales of foods being prepared from home.critical
  Approved Source • Sour mustard pickles being made from home and sold at the retail level. Discontinue all sales of foods being prepared from home.
• ⚠️Food Container Labels • No labels on sour pickled mustard packages. Provide.
  Food Container Labels • No labels on sour pickled mustard packages. Provide.
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Raw fish and squid left out at room temperature to defrost and for self-service. Discontinue and maintain all foods under some type of mechanical refrigeration to ensure no bacterial growth.critical
  Cold Holding • Raw fish and squid left out at room temperature to defrost and for self-service. Discontinue and maintain all foods under some type of mechanical refrigeration to ensure no bacterial growth.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Prduce being prepaed and trimmed with no hand sink accessible. Provide or discontinue trimming produce. Bags of carrots in walk-in cooler stored on ground of walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
  Food Protection • Prduce being prepaed and trimmed with no hand sink accessible. Provide or discontinue trimming produce. Bags of carrots in walk-in cooler stored on ground of walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Knife being stored in box of fruit in between uses. Discontinue and store all equipment clean and protected.
  Food Utensil Storage • Knife being stored in box of fruit in between uses. Discontinue and store all equipment clean and protected.
• ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Produce being cleaned and trimmed in a room with no 3 bay or hand sink. Provide or discontinue preparation.critical
  Good Hygienic Practices • Produce being cleaned and trimmed in a room with no 3 bay or hand sink. Provide or discontinue preparation.
• ⚠️Three Compartment Sink • No 3 bay sink available for room where producec is being trimmed and prepared. Discontinue preparation or provide both hand sink and 3 bay sink for proper sanitization of equipment. Plan review is to be scheduled before
  Three Compartment Sink • No 3 bay sink available for room where producec is being trimmed and prepared. Discontinue preparation or provide both hand sink and 3 bay sink for proper sanitization of equipment. Plan review is to be scheduled before
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Coffin style freezers storing Durian and squid with heavy frost build-up. Clean and defrost to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Coffin style freezers storing Durian and squid with heavy frost build-up. Clean and defrost to remove.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • No hand sink accessible where produce is being trimmed and prepared. Discontinue all preparation unless 3 bay and hand sink are provided and plan review has been scheduled.critical
  Location Accessible • No hand sink accessible where produce is being trimmed and prepared. Discontinue all preparation unless 3 bay and hand sink are provided and plan review has been scheduled.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels or soap at hand wash sink in restroom. Provide.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels or soap at hand wash sink in restroom. Provide.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of snap traps and open poison being used in portions of the store. Discontinue and use appropriate traps.
  Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of snap traps and open poison being used in portions of the store. Discontinue and use appropriate traps.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in upright cooler with no shield. Provide.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in upright cooler with no shield. Provide.

When was A-C Farm Market last inspected?

A-C Farm Market has 10 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2007.

A-C Farm Market vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Dorchester

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• ✓ Bowdoin Market
  clean · April 24, 2009
• ✓ Sobrino Market
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• ✓ Lorenz Island Kuisine
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• ✓ Up Beat Convenience
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• ✕ Nice N Clean
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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 28, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.