At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
78/ 100 · 22 points taken off
5 problems found · 2 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Jul 20, 2026
At the routine inspection on Jul 20, 2026. The latest visit, on Jul 22, 2026, 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. El Pan Dulce Bakery 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 El Pan Dulce Bakery?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Hand sink not ready to use K06How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Time as a control not marked or logged K08How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How 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: Hand sink not ready to useThe county found: “FOUND A PAN STORED INSIDE THE HAND WASH SINK AND A COUPLE OF SACS WITH TAMALES HUSKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF…”
First step: Hand sinks are for hands only
Then the next one: Time as a control not marked or logged
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 3-501.19, Food Code 3-302.11, Food Code 3-305.11.
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Hand sinks are for hands only
From Food Code 2-301.15
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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 2 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 1 follow-up).
Nice work, El Pan Dulce Bakery. At the follow-up two days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in two days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestJul 22, 2026Follow-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 22, 2026. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Jul 20, 2026: 78 out of 100 (Yellow placard).
EarlierJul 20, 2026Routine inspection78 out of 100 (Yellow placard)
5 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
FOUND A PAN STORED INSIDE THE HAND WASH SINK AND A COUPLE OF SACS WITH TAMALES HUSKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE SINK. [CA] KEEP THE HAND WASH SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. COS
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
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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Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
Time as a control not marked or logged
The department's words
K08 Time as a public health control; procedures & records
FOUND LACK OF TIME MARKING FOR THE MILK ON THE SELF SERVE COUNTER. [CA] . WHEN TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL IS USED, FOOD SHALL BE MARKED TO INDICATE 4 HRS PAST THE POINT IN TIME WHEN FOOD WAS REMOVED FROM TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.19
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
The 4-hour option
- Start with food at 41°F or below, or 135°F or above.
- Mark the container with the discard time: 4 hours after it left temperature control.
- Cook and serve, serve, or throw it out by that time.
- Throw out any container with no time marked.
From Food Code 3-501.19
The 6-hour option (cold food only)
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Time as a public health control (the 4-hour rule)
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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
FOUND THE FLOOR IN THE BAKING AREA IN DISREPAIR. [CA] REPAIR THE FLOOR.
Food Code 6-101.11
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In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
FOUND THE MASA STORED IN A GARBAGE PLASTIC BAG IN THE REACH IN REFRIGERATOR. [CA] STORE FOOD IN FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
Food Code 3-302.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Top to bottom
- 1. Top: ready-to-eat food (salads, desserts, cut fruit, cooked leftovers, deli meat, cheese, drinks)
- 2. Raw fish and seafood (cooked to 145°F)
- 3. Whole cuts of beef, pork and lamb; raw shell eggs (145°F)
From Food Code 3-302.11
Keep raw meat types apart
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
FOUND AN EMPLOYEE’S CUP WITH COFFEE STORED NEXT TO FOOD RELATED ITEMS IN THE KITCHEN. [CA] PROVIDE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS WITH A LID.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you El Pan Dulce Bakery? Fix it
EarlierJul 21, 2025Routine inspection92 out of 100 (Green placard)
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (4)
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
Prepackaged raw beef is stored on shelf above bread dough inside the walk-in cooler. [CA] All food shall be separated and protected from cross-contamination. Store all raw meat or other raw products of animal origin below ready-to-eat food items. [COS] PIC relocated raw beef below dough.
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Flour and debris observed on shelves and counter tops. \ [CA] Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Flour bins and other food bins do not have a label. [CA] Working containers holding food or food ingredients that are removed from their original packages shall be identified with the common name of the food if not easily recognizable.
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Chlorine test strips not available. [CA] Testing equipment and materials shall be provided to adequately measure the applicable sanitization method used during manual or mechanical warewashing. Provide chlorine test paper to measure sanitizer concentration of 100 ppm when ware washing.
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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- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Time as a control not marked or logged Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food 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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