At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
85/ 100 · 15 points taken off
4 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Jan 26, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Kentucky Fried Chicken @ 983 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 Kentucky Fried Chicken @ 983?
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
- No backflow test on file K41How to fixFix it
- Pests seen inside: roaches K23How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hand sink not ready to useThe county found: “Measured water temperature holding at 121F at hand wash station located next to 1-compartment sink. Hand wash station…”
First step: Hand sinks are for hands only
Then the next one: No backflow test on file
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 4-301.12.
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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 · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Every visit
LatestJan 26, 2026Routine inspection85 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 85 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jan 26, 2026.
4 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Measured water temperature holding at 121F at hand wash station located next to 1-compartment sink. Hand wash station is under a mixer system. Observed ONLY a knee peddle provided. [CA] Provide an adequate, pressurized, potable supply of warm water to be held between 100F - 108F. [SA] Operator directed to use other hand wash station located in front of walk-in-freezer near by.
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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Not critical (3)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
1. Found goose neck faucet at 3-compartment sink removed. Found ONLY (2x) spray nozzle provided. [CA] Reinstall goose neck faucet at warewash sink where goose neck faucet shall be able to reach each compartment. 2. Found a leak at cold water knob at warewash sink (left side) when water knob is on. [CA] Secure leak.
Food Code 5-205.15
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Found one DEAD cockroach under the soda box near office area. [CA] Eliminate all evidence of DEAD cockroach. Clean and sanitize all effected areas. Continue to provide approved pest control services.
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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Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Measured 0ppm quat concentration at sani bucket located at front station (left side). [CA] Maintain quat concentration at 200ppm.
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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EarlierApr 15, 2025Routine inspection93 out of 100 (Green placard)
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
Tile for the cove base located under the food prep sink is damaged and in disrepair. [CA] Replace damaged tile and repair cove base to main floors in good repair.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
1) Leak observed under the food preparation sink. [CA] Repair leaks and maintain plumbing of facility in good repair. 2) Drain line from soda machine extends into the floor sink. [CA] Provide a minimum of a 1 inch air gap between the end of equipment drain lines and the rim of the floor sink to protect equipment from back flow contamination.
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
A paper towel dispenser is not available for the hand wash sink located by the warewashing area and paper towels were stored on top of equipment. [CA] Single-use paper towels shall be stored inside a dispenser to protected it from contamination prior to use.
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.
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Pests seen inside: roaches Read the free guide
- Dish sink or dish machine not set up right 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
- 85 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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