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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
82/ 100 · 18 points taken off
5 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Nov 26, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most markets and grocery stores here got 2 to 13 points taken off. Food Maxx #461 - Grocery got more than most.
Compared with 534 Santa Clara County markets and grocery stores. Each store's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Food Maxx #461 - Grocery?
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: No hot or cold water at a sink K21How to fixFix it
- Eating or drinking in a food area K04How 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: No hot or cold water at a sinkThe county found: “Facility lacks hot water. Water at hand wash stations and three-compartment stations throughout the facility measured…”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 4-301.12, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Clothes, eating and drinking
From Food Code 2-304.11
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Every visit
LatestNov 26, 2025Routine inspection82 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 82 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Nov 26, 2025.
5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
No hot or cold water at a sink
The department's words
K21 Hot and cold water available
Facility lacks hot water. Water at hand wash stations and three-compartment stations throughout the facility measured at 61F. Manager stated that the hot water went out yesterday and that a work order has been placed. [CA] Hot water shall be supplied at a minimum temperature of at least 120°F measured from the faucet throughout facility except at handwash sinks. [SA] Facility's meat department where opened food is processed is temporarily closed until hot water is restored. Remaining grocery store where prepackaged food is offered may remain opened. All rotisserie chicken prepared in the morning in the hot holding cases were removed.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 5-103.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
Hot and cold water at every sink
In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
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Not critical (4)
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
K04 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, tobacco use
Observed half eaten snacks stored throughout the ware house. [CA] No employee shall eat or drink in the food prep, food contact storage, or food storage areas, use designated area.
Food Code 2-401.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
Heavy accumulation of debris, garbage, and food observed on floors throughout the warehouse and underneath storage racks inside the walk-in coolers. [CA] Clean and maintain floors of accumulated debris.
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
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Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Produce department three-compartment sink observed with heavy accumulation of debris. [CA] Clean and maintain three-compartment sink.
Food Code 4-301.12
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Set up
- 1. Wash your hands at the hand sink (never at this sink).
- 2. Clean and sanitize all three sinks and both drainboards.
- 3. Sink 1 (WASH): detergent and water at 110°F or hotter.
From Food Code 4-301.12
Washing, step by step
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The three-compartment sink, step by step
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The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Hand wash station in the ware house of the produce side lacked paper towels. Hand wash station also observed slow to drain. * Facility does not conduct any type of food preparation for produce. [CA] Handwashing facilities shall be equipped with handwashing cleanser and single-use sanitary towels in dispensers. Ensure hand soap and paper towels are easily accessible and readily available at all times. Hand wash station at the meat department obstructed with oven mitts placed inside the wash basin. Hand wash station also observed with heavy accumulation of grime. [CA] Handwashing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible at all times.
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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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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Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- No hot or cold water at a sink In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Dish sink or dish machine not set up right Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use 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
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 82 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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