Cafe Selam

• official resultGood
• ratingRated Good
• score27 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical
  Official wording: 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  code 0600REDstatus: RED
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
  code 3400
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: 4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
  code 4100
• ⚠️4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections
  code 4400
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  Official wording: 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
  code 4800

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Good on January 6, 2025: Score changed by +18 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings 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.