At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
86/ 100 · 14 points taken off
4 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Oct 1, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Palmetto Superfoods 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 Palmetto Superfoods?
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: Cooked food not cooled in time K09How to fixFix it
- No backflow test on file K41How to fixFix it
- Signs posted; last inspection report available K47How 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
For Palmetto Superfoods' team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Cooked food not cooled in timeThe county found: “THREE OAT MEAL CONTAINERS WERE MEASURED 74 F, 83 F, & 84 F INSIDE THE REFRIGERATION WITH LID. [CA] When cooling…”
First step: If you miss a stage
Then the next one: No backflow test on file
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-305.11.
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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 lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Every visit
LatestOct 1, 2025Routine inspection86 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 86 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Oct 1, 2025.
4 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
Cooked food not cooled in time
The department's words
K09 Proper cooling methods
THREE OAT MEAL CONTAINERS WERE MEASURED 74 F, 83 F, & 84 F INSIDE THE REFRIGERATION WITH LID. [CA] When cooling PHF's, food may be left uncovered or loosely covered to allow rapid cooling. Properly store cooling foods in such a way to allow proper air flow. Follow the following cooling procedure for cooling oat meal: After heating or cooking, Potentially Hazardous Foods (PHFs) shall be cooled rapidly from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and from 70°F to 41°F within 4 hours. Approved cooling methods include: 1) Placing the food in shallow pans 2) Separating the food into thinner or smaller portions. 3) Using rapid cooling equipment (Ex. blast chiller) 4) Using containers that facilitate heat transfer (ex. stainless steel) 5) Adding ice as an ingredient. 6) Using ice paddles 7) Using an ice bath and stirring frequently 8) Accordance with a HACCP plan. Cooling foods shall have enough space around the containers for cold air to circulate, be loosely covered, or uncovered and stirred as frequently needed to evenly cool. [SA] Oat meal was send to a freezer for rapid cooling.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If you miss a stage
- Missed stage 1 (not 70°F by 2 hours): reheat to 165°F and start over, or throw it out.
- Missed stage 2 (not 41°F by 6 hours): throw it out.
How to cool fast
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Cooling food in two stages
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Are you Palmetto Superfoods? Fix it
Not critical (3)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
THREE COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET WAS LEAKING. [CA] Repair / fix the leakage.
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
Are you Palmetto Superfoods? Fix it
Signs posted; last inspection report available
The department's words
K47 Signs posted; last inspection report available
HEALTH PERMIT ISSUED WAS NOT POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE. [CA] The health permit issued by this department shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the food facility.
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
ONE SCOOP HANDLE OUT OF TWENTY WAS TOUCHING THE DRY OAT MEAL. [CA] Store scoop in a way that it's handle will not touch food.
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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Are you Palmetto Superfoods? 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
As a customer of Palmetto Superfoods, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Cooked food not cooled in time Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Food on the floor or under drips 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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