At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
2problems found
2 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Aug 5, 2026
Is that a lot?
Too few food places here for ranges. Colours show points.
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Five Below, Inc got about the same as most. That's from the last routine visit, on Oct 16, 2025.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Five Below, Inc?
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: Food in poor condition K13How to fixFix it
- Pests seen inside: ants K23How 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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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Food in poor conditionThe county found: “Observed ants in direct contact with candy in food packages. [CA] Keep food in good condition; unadulterated.…”
First step: Reject it if you see
Then the next one: Pests seen inside: ants
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.111, Food Code 6-501.112.
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Fix and log it: Food in poor condition
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0 of 3 done
Reject it if you see
From Food Code 6-501.111
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 5 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited 3 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 2 follow-up).
Every visit
LatestAug 5, 2026Routine inspectionGreen placard
This one: Green placard, inspected Aug 5, 2026.
2 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K13 Food in good condition, safe, unadulterated
Observed ants in direct contact with candy in food packages. [CA] Keep food in good condition; unadulterated. Recommend removing candies/snacks that are attracting ants from the sales floor in a container until the ants are eliminated. [COS] PIC voluntarily discarded candy packages.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Reject it if you see
- Frozen food with big ice crystals, frozen liquid in the bottom, or water stains (thawed and refrozen)
- A time-temperature indicator showing it got too warm, even if the food looks fine
- Cans that are swollen, leaking, rusty, deeply dented at the seams, or missing labels
From Food Code 6-501.111
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Not critical (1)
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed ants on shelves in food aisle (dead and alive). [CA] Eliminate vermin from facility; work with professional/licensed pest control. Remove all food in affected areas, clean/sanitize shelves before putting food back.
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
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Are you Five Below, Inc? Fix it
EarlierNov 12, 2025Follow-up inspectionGreen placard
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.
EarlierNov 7, 2025Follow-up inspectionRed placard
1 violation listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed fresh rodent droppings in the hallow shelves along the walls of the sales floor and under shelves in the back storage area. [CA] Eliminate pests from facility; thoroughly clean and sanitize floors, seal cracks and crevices, recommend setting rodent monitoring traps. Must use licensed pest control company,
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
EarlierOct 23, 2025Follow-up inspectionRed placard
1 violation listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed fresh rodent droppings in front of and under shelves display prepackaged food. PIC stated that they weren't able to get a professional pest control company in until today and that they observed rodent evidence. Pest control company set traps and will return to seal holes. [CA] Eliminate pests from facility; remove droppings, seal holes and thoroughly clean and sanitize floors.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
EarlierOct 16, 2025Routine inspection97 out of 100 (Green placard)
1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (1)
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed dried rodent droppings in the back stock room and behind the beverage coolers near the front registers. PIC stated that rodents were last sighted approx 1 month prior and that the facility has regular pest control. Also observed dead cockroaches in traps by exit door closest to the restrooms. [CA] Eliminate pests from facility. Clean all rodent droppings and work with professional pest control (obtain report of findings for inspector to review). Recommend setting additional monitoring traps.
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)
What you can do
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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
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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