Carnitas Michoacan

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score92 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 24, 2025 →
• address14064 Vanowen St, Van Nuys 91405

Is Carnitas Michoacan clean?

Carnitas Michoacan is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Carnitas Michoacan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  # 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Carnitas Michoacan last inspected?

Carnitas Michoacan has 3 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2023, averaging 93 points.

Carnitas Michoacan vs Valley Glen

Valley Glen runs 97% clean across 471 tracked restaurants — 458 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 471 spots Cooked tracks in Valley Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 June 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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