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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
84/ 100 · 16 points taken off
7 problems found · Routine county inspection · Jun 11, 2025
At the routine inspection on Jun 11, 2025. The latest visit, on Jul 24, 2025, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Akita Sushi Restaurant got more than most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Akita Sushi Restaurant?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed K36How to fixFix it
- Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer K40How to fixFix it
- Food on the floor or under drips K30How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Next: Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashedThe county found: “The shelves are lined with deteriorated cardboard. [CA] Discontinue the use of cardboard boxes to line…”
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Keep the bucket strong
From Food Code 3-304.14
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Nice work, Akita Sushi Restaurant. At the follow-up 43 days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in 43 days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestJul 24, 2025Follow-up inspection
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
This one: a follow-up inspection on Jul 24, 2025. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Jun 11, 2025: 84 out of 100 (Green placard).
EarlierJun 11, 2025Routine inspection84 out of 100 (Green placard)
7 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (7)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
The shelves are lined with deteriorated cardboard. [CA] Discontinue the use of cardboard boxes to line shelves/flooring, use approved equipment made of materials that is easily cleanable, durable, smooth, and nonabsorbent.
Food Code 4-901.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Observed used wiping towels on table tops. [CA] The used towels must be stored in sanitizer between each use. [COS] The employee placed them in sanitizer. The bucket provided had only water. The employee added chlorine to it.
Food Code 3-304.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Keep the bucket strong
- Wet cloths sit in sanitizer between uses: chlorine 50–99 ppm, or quat at label strength.
- Test with the cloths in the bucket when you mix it and every 2 hours.
- Remake it at once if it tests low or has food or dirt in it. Never just add more sanitizer to a dirty bucket.
From Food Code 3-304.14
Keep cloths apart
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Wiping cloths and sanitizer buckets
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Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
There are unlabeled bulk food bins. [CA] Label all bulk food bins with the contents.
Food Code 3-305.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Hood filters need cleaning
The department's words
K38 Adequate ventilation/lighting; designated areas, use
The walk in refrigerator is very dim inside. You are unable to see everything without a flashlight. [CA] Provide more light in the walkin cooler.
Food Code 6-501.14
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In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
Hood filters clean
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
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The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
There was not any paper towels in the dispenser at the kitchen hand sink. [CA] Keep paper towels in the dispenser. [COS] The employee refilled the dispenser.
Food Code 5-205.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Observed pipes in the floor sink. [CA] There must be an air gap between the pipe and the top of the floor sink. Remove them from inside the floor sink.
Food Code 5-205.15
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In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
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The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed several small gnat-like flies. [CA] Take effective measures to eliminate the floes.
Food Code 6-501.111
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Are you Akita Sushi Restaurant? Fix it
EarlierDec 18, 2024Routine inspection85 out of 100 (Green placard)
4 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
The food in the prep units were at 46 to 54 degrees F. The prep units were just stocked from the walk in at 39 degrees F. [CA] The refrigerators must be able to hold food at 41 degrees F and below. All food is put back into the walk in until the refrigerators are able to hold food at 41 degrees F maximum. Do not use the prep units until the food is at 41 degrees F maximum.
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Not critical (3)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
There is accumulation of water and build up in between the tiles where the grout is missing in several areas of the kitchen. [CA] The grout needs to be repaired and the accumulation removed from inside the missing grout areas.
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
The paper towel dispenser at the hand sink was empty. [CA] Keep paper towels in the dispenser for proper hand washing.
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Observed used wiping towel on table tops. [CA] The towels must be stored in sanitizer between each use. The concentration was very high above 100ppm. [CA] The concentration must be at 100pp chlorine.
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
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- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer Read the free guide
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Hood filters need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Pests seen inside: flies Read the free guide
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Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Follow-up inspection
- Result
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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