At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
94/ 100 · 6 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Feb 6, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most markets and grocery stores here got 2 to 13 points taken off. Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market got about the same as most.
Compared with 534 Santa Clara County markets and grocery stores. Each store's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right K14How to fixFix it
- Pests seen inside: flies 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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Next: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized rightThe county found: “*REPEAT VIOLATION* Washed and wet utensils and equipment stacked on top of each other at ware-wash area. [CA]:…”
First step: Clean first, then sanitize
Then the next one: Pests seen inside: flies
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Clean first, then sanitize
From Food Code 4-603.16
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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 (11 → 6). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestFeb 6, 2026Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 94 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Feb 6, 2026.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
*REPEAT VIOLATION* Washed and wet utensils and equipment stacked on top of each other at ware-wash area. [CA]: Equipment and utensils must be properly air dried after sanitizing and prior to stacking .
Food Code 4-602.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clean first, then sanitize
- 1. Scrape off food.
- 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
- 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).
From Food Code 4-603.16
When to clean food-contact surfaces
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Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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Are you Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market? Fix it
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Small flies observed at front and back prep areas. No direct contamination at the time of inspection. [CA]: Remove small using safe, approved and effective methods. Ensure food and food contact surfaces are protected at all times from possible contamination. Remove any standing water in facility.
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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Are you Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market? Fix it
EarlierJan 23, 2025Routine inspection89 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 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
MAJOR: The only hand sink at the ware-wash area did not single use towels. [CA]: All hand sinks must be supplied with single use towels and hand soaps in permanently installed dispensers. [COS]: Manager provided single use towels in the dispenser. MINOR: Hand sink near ice machine and prep sink had single use towels stored outside of dispenser. [CA]: Single use towels shall be stored within the dispenser at all times. [COS]: Employees placed single use towel inside the dispenser.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (1)
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
1. Washed and wet utensils and equipment stacked on top of each other. [CA]: Equipment and utensils must be properly air dried after sanitizing and prior to stacking 2. Residue found on cleaned plastic containers. [CA]: Ensure all containers are thoroughly cleaned, sanitized, and dried prior to storing.
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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- Pests seen inside: flies 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
- 94 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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