Juba Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 20, 2014. 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 Juba Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • provide proper labels for all retail goods....critical
Labeling of Ingredients • provide proper labels for all retail goods....
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • seal all barewood shelving units..
Non-Food Contact Surfaces • seal all barewood shelving units..
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all reachins...doortracks...and fancovers...
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all reachins...doortracks...and fancovers...
⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide soap for dispencor in restroom..
Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide soap for dispencor in restroom..
⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide a covered trash receptacle in employee restroom...
Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide a covered trash receptacle in employee restroom...
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • replace missing baseboard covemolding..
Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • replace missing baseboard covemolding..
⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • provide covers with end caps for all light fixtures..
Fixture's not properly shielded • provide covers with end caps for all light fixtures..
When was Juba Market last inspected?
Juba Market has 4 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2013.
date
result
score
March 27, 2014
—
March 20, 2014
Fail
December 30, 2013
—
February 1, 2013
Pass
Juba Market 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 9% of them.
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 March 20, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.