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Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 30, 2017
- address43 Roxbury St, Roxbury 02119
Is Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal clean?
Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 30, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove cardboard from shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces • remove cardboard from shelving
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/switch wash and sanitize bay/work left to rightDishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/switch wash and sanitize bay/work left to right
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • walk in/provide accurate internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or belowEquipment Thermometers • walk in/provide accurate internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize knives in knife rackFood Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize knives in knife rack
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide self closing doorHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide self closing door
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • rear storage room and prep table/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor under yellow shelvingInsects Rodents Animals • rear storage room and prep table/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor under yellow shelving
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • retail/clean floor area under reach in freezerImproper Maintenance of Floors • retail/clean floor area under reach in freezer
When was Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal last inspected?
Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal has 33 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2016 | Fail | |
| May 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 1, 2015 | — | |
| May 22, 2015 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 31, 2014 | Fail |
Indian Ocean Grocery & Halal vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 30, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.