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Carniceria La Especial
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score76 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2024
- address13310 Filmore St, Pacoima 91331
Is Carniceria La Especial clean?
Carniceria La Especial is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Carniceria La Especial?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical# 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
When was Carniceria La Especial last inspected?
Carniceria La Especial has 1 inspection on record going back to February 26, 2024, averaging 76 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2024 | Grade C | 76 pts |
Carniceria La Especial vs Pacoima
Pacoima runs 98% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in Pacoima, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.