Fomu Ice Cream

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 7, 2018
• address227 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Fomu Ice Cream clean?

Fomu Ice Cream is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 7, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Fomu Ice Cream?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 7, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Storing disposable food containers in bathroom - Remove and properly store
  Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Storing disposable food containers in bathroom - Remove and properly store
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Bathroom door not self closing
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Bathroom door not self closing
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Hole in floor next to wall pipe - Kitchen/Ware washing area
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Hole in floor next to wall pipe - Kitchen/Ware washing area
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Peeling paint on wall pipe - Food prep/ware washing Dust build up on radiator
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Peeling paint on wall pipe - Food prep/ware washing Dust build up on radiator
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No proof full time on site certified food protection manager is certified in Allergen Awarenesscritical
  PIC Knowledge • No proof full time on site certified food protection manager is certified in Allergen Awareness

When was Fomu Ice Cream last inspected?

Fomu Ice Cream has 3 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2018.

Fomu Ice Cream vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 7, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.