At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
94/ 100 · 6 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Jun 19, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Cardenas #222 - Bakery got about the same as most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Cardenas #222 - Bakery?
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
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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Next: Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashedThe county found: “Some open single utensils were stored inside a milk crate. [CA] All washed utensils must be stored on easy to clean…”
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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 visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer points taken off than last time (14 → 6). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestJun 19, 2026Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 94 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jun 19, 2026.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
Some open single utensils were stored inside a milk crate. [CA] All washed utensils must be stored on easy to clean containers.
Food Code 4-901.11
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In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
Excessive water accumulation was observed on the floor below proffers, ovens, and corner areas. [CA] Keep the floor areas neat, clean, and dry all the time.
Food Code 6-101.11
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In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
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EarlierOct 9, 2025Routine inspection86 out of 100 (Green placard)
6 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (6)
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Multiple wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
One of the handwash sink located in the bakery area is not working. The water supply to the sink is turned off. [CA] Repair the handwash station immediately.
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
There is no approved sanitizer measuring strip to measure the concentration of the chemicals used to sanitize dishes and utensils in the facility. [CA] Provide approved sanitizer measuring strips for the chemicals used in sanitizing utensils. equipment, and food contact surfaces.
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
There is a water leak from the proofer and the baking ovens. [CA] To keep the area dry and prevent fly breading, repair the leak from the equipment immediately.
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Pests seen inside: drain flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Many drain flies were observed in the preparation and some in the storage areas. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method. Please schedule a pest control company intervention immediately, and conduct an intervention and a thorough cleaning. Report of the pest control company report must be emailed to the district inspector within 72 hours.
EarlierFeb 4, 2025Routine inspection87 out of 100 (Green placard)
6 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (6)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
Multiple soiled utensils were stored on the floor in the preparation sink. [CA] Store all utensils off the floor on approved storage shelf, cart, or containers.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
There is a leakage from the faucet of the front counter handwash sink and from the three compartment warewash sink. [CA] Repair the leakage immediately.
Signs posted; last inspection report available
The department's words
K47 Signs posted; last inspection report available
Current Environmental Health permit was not posted on public view. [CA] The most current Environmental Health permit must be posted on public view at all the time.
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
There was a very low sanitizer concentration on the manual three-compartment warewashing sink. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted, the sanitizer concentration maintain in the sanitizing compartment of the manual warewashing sink must be maintained at 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical.
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.
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Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach). There was very low sanitizer concentration on one of the sanitizer buckets. [CA] Maintain the sanitizer concentration on the sanitizer buckets at 200 ppm quaternary ammonia. 100 ppm chlorine (bleach), 272 ppm -700 ppm lactic acid levels.
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
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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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
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 94 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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