At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
86/ 100 · 14 points taken off
6 problems found · Routine county inspection · Nov 24, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Madurai The Modern Cafe 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 Madurai The Modern Cafe?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Pests seen inside: fruit flies K23How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K44How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How 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: Pests seen inside: fruit fliesThe county found: “FOUND A FEW FRUIT FLIES IN THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN. [CA] ELIMINATE THE FLIES.”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 3-305.11, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 7-201.11.
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From Food Code 6-501.112
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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 24, 2025Routine inspection86 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 86 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Nov 24, 2025.
6 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (6)
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
FOUND A FEW FRUIT FLIES IN THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN. [CA] ELIMINATE THE FLIES.
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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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 A JACKET STORED ON A SHELF NEXT TO FOOD ITEMS. [CA] STORE PERSONAL ITEMS SEPARATE AND AWAY FROM FOOD OR FOOD RELATED ITEMS.
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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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
FOUND THE WORKING CONTAINERS IN THE BACK WITH DUST. FOUND THE SMALLER PLASTIC CONTAINERS ON THE FOOD PREPARATION TABLE WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. [CA] CLEAN THESE ITEMS MORE OFTEN.
Food Code 4-602.13
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
FOUND A SAC OF RICE AND A SAC OF CARROTS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN. [CA] STORE FOOD 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
Food Code 3-305.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
FOUND A JACKET, A BOX WITH ALUMINUM PAPER AND A BROOM STORED ON TOP OF THE HAND WASH SINK IN THE KITCHEN. [CA] KEEP THE HAND WASH SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. COS
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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Chemicals unlabeled or stored near food
The department's words
K29 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
FOUND A HAND SANITIZER BOTTLE NEXT TO SPICES AND CLEAN UTENSILS ON THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. [CA] STORE PERSONAL OR SANITIZER ITEMS SEPARATE FROM FOOD OR FOOD RELATED ITEMS.
Food Code 7-201.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Store them away from food
- Store chemicals below and away from food, dishes, utensils, linens and single-use items. Never on a shelf above food.
- Separate them by space or a partition.
- Keep only the chemicals the kitchen needs.
From Food Code 7-201.11
Label every container
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Chemicals and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
Are you Madurai The Modern Cafe? Fix it
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.
- Pests seen inside: fruit flies Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Chemicals unlabeled or stored near 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
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 86 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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