A7 Food Store

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 7, 2019
• address556 River St, Mattapan 02126

Is A7 Food Store clean?

A7 Food Store is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 7, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at A7 Food Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • provide labels with ingredients for butters/cookies/juices/hotpockets/patties/all packaged food items.critical
  Labeling of Ingredients • provide labels with ingredients for butters/cookies/juices/hotpockets/patties/all packaged food items.
• ⚠️Food Protection • discontinue packaging food products without a handsink.
  Food Protection • discontinue packaging food products without a handsink.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • provide foodgrade containers for packing foods.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • provide foodgrade containers for packing foods.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
  Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • remove frost from freezer and product.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • remove frost from freezer and product.
• ⚠️Number Convenient • provide a handsink if pic continues to package foods.critical
  Number Convenient • provide a handsink if pic continues to package foods.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • remove cat from establishment.
  Insects Rodents Animals • remove cat from establishment.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • seal barewood flooring at service area.
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • seal barewood flooring at service area.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • provide a serve safe cert.critical
  PIC Knowledge • provide a serve safe cert.
• ⚠️Consumer Advisories • post allergin advisory/post allergin cert.critical
  Consumer Advisories • post allergin advisory/post allergin cert.

When was A7 Food Store last inspected?

A7 Food Store has 6 inspections on record going back to September 10, 2018.

A7 Food Store vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

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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 May 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.