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Guckenheimer @ Align

Other food place · San Jose, CA

2 inspections

At a glance

CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

2 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Mar 9, 2026

Is that a lot?

Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Guckenheimer @ Align 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 Guckenheimer @ Align?

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  1. Marked critical: Time as a control not marked or logged K08How to fixFix it
  2. Pests seen inside: roaches K23How to fixFix it

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Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health

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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-501.19, Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 3-302.11, Food Code 2-301.15.

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Inspections

From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 2 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 (13 → 11). That takes a team.

Points taken off at each routine inspection
May 6, 2025: 13Mar 9, 2026: 11131120252026

Every visit

  1. LatestMar 9, 2026Routine inspection89 out of 100 (Green placard)

    This one: 89 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Mar 9, 2026.

    2 violations listed, 1 marked critical.

    Critical (1)

    • 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

      Per operators/PIC, the sushi rice and soup in the front service area are on Time as a Public Health Control. However, there was no time labeling upon request. [CA] When using TPHC, foods must be IMMEDIATELY time-labeled to be discarded within 4 hours. [SA] Foods will be discarded within the 4-hour time mark (lunch service ends at 1:30pm and foods are usually discarded by that time).

      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 (1)

    • Pests seen inside: roaches

      The department's words

      K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals

      Observed approximately 5 dead cockroaches on the floor in the rear kitchen area. No other evidence of vermin was observed. Operators stated Terminex pest control treated the facility on Saturday (2 days prior) and they will come back Friday. [CA] Keep facility clear of vermin.

      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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  2. EarlierMay 6, 2025Routine inspection87 out of 100 (Green placard)

    3 violations listed, 1 marked critical.

    Critical (1)

    • 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

      Per employees, Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) is used for several foods in the kitchen and in the front service area (cut tomatoes, foods in the front cold holding inserts, salad bar items) but no time-marking was observed. TPHC written procedures were available for review. [CA] When using TPHC, foods must be IMMEDIATELY time-labeled. [COS] Foods were time-labeled.

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    Not critical (2)

    • Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food

      The department's words

      K27 Food separated and protected

      Inside a 2-door upright refrigerator: observed containers of raw chicken were stored above raw fish. [CA] Store raw chicken below other raw meats and ready-to-eat foods. [COS] The chicken was moved below the fish.

    • Hand sink not ready to use

      The department's words

      K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible

      In the dishwashing area: observed a rolling cart was partially obstructing the handwash sink. [CA] Handwash sinks must be unobstructed at all times to make handwashing not only possible, but likely. [COS] The cart was moved away.

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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About this record

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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
89 out of 100 (Green placard)
Source
County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health

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Questions about Guckenheimer @ Align

When was Guckenheimer @ Align last inspected?

The county last inspected Guckenheimer @ Align on Mar 9, 2026. It was a routine inspection.

What did the county find at Guckenheimer @ Align?

The county listed 2 violations on Mar 9, 2026: Time as a control not marked or logged and Pests seen inside: roaches.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Mar 9, 2026, the county marked 1 as critical.