Premium Meat Market

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score81 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2024
• address301 E Garvey Ave #E, Monterey Park 91754

Is Premium Meat Market clean?

Premium Meat Market is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 31, 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 Premium Meat Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
  # 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 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
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 24. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AND PERFORMS DUTIES
  # 24. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AND PERFORMS DUTIES
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
  # 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION

When was Premium Meat Market last inspected?

Premium Meat Market has 2 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2024, averaging 88 points.

Premium Meat Market vs City Of Monterey Park

City Of Monterey Park runs 85% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 32 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monterey Park, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 October 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.