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Nov 12, 2023

Marion County restaurant inspections: Shari's, Taqueria El Gato

ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted

ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS

This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department.

Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker hygiene, dish-washing and sanitizing, and equipment and facility cleanliness.

Violations: Restaurant scores are based on a 100-point scale. Priority violations deduct 5 points, and priority foundation violations deduct 3 points. Violations recorded on consecutive inspections result in point deductions being doubled.

Scoring: Scores of 70 or higher are considered compliant. Restaurants scoring below 70 must be reinspected within 30 days or face closure or other administrative action. Restaurants display a placard by the entrance to indicate whether they have passed their last inspection.

Latest inspections are now viewable here.

Semiannual restaurant inspections from May 6 - 8.

Location: 3575 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem

Date: May 6

Score: 95

Priority violations:

Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Observed shell eggs stored over peas and cooked chicken in the sliding door cooler. Point deduction: 5.

Location: 310 Kearney St. SE, Salem

Date: May 8

Score: 95

Priority violations:

Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed water-cooled hard boiled eggs from May 6 at 57 degrees Fahrenheit in a container on the counter. Point deduction: 5.

Location: 12334 Ehlen Road NE, Aurora

Date: May 8

Score: 100

No priority violations.

Location: 3844 River Road N, Keizer

Date: May 8

Score: 100

No priority violations.

Location: 4106 State St., Salem

Date: May 8

Score: 100

No priority violations.

Location: 2620 Newberg Highway, Woodburn

Date: May 8

Score: 97

Priority violations:

Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: There were no paper towels in the paper towel dispenser at the hand washing sink. Point deduction: 3.

Location: 4998 River Road, Keizer

Date: May 8

Score: 90

Priority violations:

Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: The cookline/serveline prep cooler is not cold enough: on the serveline, items are kept iced but a large container of cut romaine lettuce is kept mostly out of the cooler (52 degree Fahrenheit). The upper compartment of the cooler (prep) is kept open at busy times on the cookline. Cubed tomatoes (48 degrees) and iceberg lettuce (50 degrees) are too warm. Point deduction: 5.

Location: 2601 Newberg Highway, Woodburn

Date: May 8

Score: 100

No priority violations.

Location: 1939 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem (mobile unit)

Date: May 8

Score: 92

Priority violations:

Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Two reclosable plastic storage bags of raw pork stored above fresh strawberries, cilantro and ice in upright cooler. Point deduction: 5.

Incorrect methods are used to cool potentially hazardous foods, specifically: Pork chunks cooling in prep cooler in pot covered by lid. Point deduction: 3.

Location: 1145 Commercial St. SE, Salem

Date: May 8

Score: 97

Priority violations:

Working containers of poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly labeled, specifically: A red spray bottle of clear liquid observed without a working contents label. Point deduction: 3.

Location: 2620 Newberg Highway, Woodburn

Date: May 8

Score: 97

Priority violations:

Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: There were no paper towels in the paper towel dispenser at the handwashing sink. Point deduction: 3.

Location: 1138 Commercial St. SE, Salem

Date: May 8

Score: 100

No priority violations.

Em Chan covers food and dining at the Statesman Journal. You can reach her [email protected], follow her on Twitter @catchuptoemilyor see what she's eating on Instagram @sikfanmai.ah.