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Ralphs Market #84
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
- address29675 The Old Rd, Castaic 91384
Is Ralphs Market #84 clean?
Ralphs Market #84 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ralphs Market #84?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was Ralphs Market #84 last inspected?
Ralphs Market #84 has 4 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| March 13, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| January 8, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| November 7, 2023 | Grade B | 84 pts |
Ralphs Market #84 vs Val Verde
Val Verde runs 87% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 7 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in Val Verde, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.
Other spots in Val Verde
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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.