Cafe Selam

• official resultGood
• ratingRated Good
• score45 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings4
• critical findings4

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: 0400 - Hands washed as required
  code 0400REDstatus: RED
• ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical
  Official wording: 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  code 0600REDstatus: RED
• 🧊cold food not cold enoughcritical
  Official wording: 2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))
  code 2120REDstatus: RED
• ♨️leftovers reheated sketchycritical
  Official wording: 2200 - Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
  code 2200REDstatus: RED

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Good on June 12, 2023: Score changed by +30 points. 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.