Cooked?Sam's Nutrition Center
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026 →
- address116 N Garfield Ave, Monterey Park 91754
Is Sam's Nutrition Center clean?
Sam's Nutrition Center is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. 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 Sam's Nutrition Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- ⚠️FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCEcritical
- ⚠️NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Sam's Nutrition Center last inspected?
Sam's Nutrition Center has 2 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2023, averaging 94 points.
January 29, 2026 A
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View full inspection →Sam's Nutrition Center 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 52% 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.
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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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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