Tejeda Family Market

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2018
• address1419 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126

Is Tejeda Family Market clean?

Tejeda Family Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 24, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Tejeda Family Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Source • Discontinue the sale of beef patties and milk pudding stored in room temp/pic denatured with bleach and discarded all food items without an approved source.critical
  Approved Source • Discontinue the sale of beef patties and milk pudding stored in room temp/pic denatured with bleach and discarded all food items without an approved source.
• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • Discontinue the sales of crackers/fruitcups/butter/beef patties without ingredients.critical
  Labeling of Ingredients • Discontinue the sales of crackers/fruitcups/butter/beef patties without ingredients.
• ⚠️Food Protection • elevate all foods off the floor/remove all juices from restroom.
  Food Protection • elevate all foods off the floor/remove all juices from restroom.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Elevate all shelving 6 to 8 inches off the floor/seal all barewood shelving at rear of retail store.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Elevate all shelving 6 to 8 inches off the floor/seal all barewood shelving at rear of retail store.
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • provide proper dishwashing faciities to wash rinse and sanitize of all reuseable equipment/discontinue the sales of slushies and pickles due to no facilities to clean all equipment.
  Dishwashng Facilities • provide proper dishwashing faciities to wash rinse and sanitize of all reuseable equipment/discontinue the sales of slushies and pickles due to no facilities to clean all equipment.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean freezer as needed.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean freezer as needed.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide papertowels at front handsink and restroom/provide handwash signage.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide papertowels at front handsink and restroom/provide handwash signage.
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide covers for all trash receptacles.
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide covers for all trash receptacles.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • repaor all defective floor tiles.
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • repaor all defective floor tiles.
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace stained ceiing tiles in retail area.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace stained ceiing tiles in retail area.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • ropvide light fixture covers with end caps at fresh veges unit.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • ropvide light fixture covers with end caps at fresh veges unit.
• ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented • repair vent at restroom area.
  Rooms and Equipment Vented • repair vent at restroom area.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all beverages crates used for shelving/remove all molding and soiled carrugated box coverings on shelving.
  Premises Maintained • remove all beverages crates used for shelving/remove all molding and soiled carrugated box coverings on shelving.

When was Tejeda Family Market last inspected?

Tejeda Family Market has 4 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2017.

Tejeda Family Market vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 76% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 213 clean, 37 mid, 31 cooked.

Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 September 24, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.