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Equal Exchange
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2019
- address226 Causeway St, Boston 02114
Is Equal Exchange clean?
Equal Exchange is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 25, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Equal Exchange?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • CBD BITES Lemon zest brownie being sold . Product come from NUSSLI LLC 2259 Mass Ave Cambridge. Remove any and all products Containing CBD. PIC removed . NO CBD Product are allowed in Boston.criticalSpoilage Unsafe Food • CBD BITES Lemon zest brownie being sold . Product come from NUSSLI LLC 2259 Mass Ave Cambridge. Remove any and all products Containing CBD. PIC removed . NO CBD Product are allowed in Boston.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • No labels on bulk containers .. ProvideFood Container Labels • No labels on bulk containers .. Provide
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Small grab n go refrigeration unit reading 60F . remove product and repair. Food OK place in unit less than hour from main refrigeration unit. sandwich 41FNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Small grab n go refrigeration unit reading 60F . remove product and repair. Food OK place in unit less than hour from main refrigeration unit. sandwich 41F
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Soils and spills on floor in back store . Clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Floors • Soils and spills on floor in back store . Clean to remove
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soils and food debris on wall by handsink area in back room . Clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soils and food debris on wall by handsink area in back room . Clean to remove
When was Equal Exchange last inspected?
Equal Exchange has 36 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 25, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 9, 2018 | — | |
| March 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2017 | — | |
| February 24, 2017 | — | |
| February 24, 2017 | — |
Equal Exchange vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 June 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.