Trader Joe's #163

• official resultScore 20
• score20 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings4
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🥩raw meat handled sketchycritical
  Official wording: 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
  code 1400REDstatus: 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
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
  code 3400

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 0 on November 20, 2023: Score changed by +20 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.