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La Mexicana Meat Market
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 23, 2024
- address12604 Penn St, Whittier 90602
Is La Mexicana Meat Market clean?
La Mexicana Meat Market is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Mexicana Meat Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was La Mexicana Meat Market last inspected?
La Mexicana Meat Market has 1 inspection on record going back to April 23, 2024, averaging 81 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2024 | Grade B | 81 pts |
La Mexicana Meat Market vs City Of Whittier
City Of Whittier runs 93% clean across 259 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 18 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 259 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Whittier, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
Other spots in City Of Whittier
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 April 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.