At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
90/ 100 · 10 points taken off
4 problems found · Routine county inspection · Jul 9, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Protege 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 Protege?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How to fixFix it
- No plan for a special process K18How to fixFix it
- No person in charge on duty K01How 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: Shelves and surfaces need cleaningThe county found: “Observed accumulation of grime on the front facing side of the deflector plate for the ice machine. [CA]…”
Then the next one: No plan for a special process
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-302.11.
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Fix and log it: Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
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From Food Code 3-302.11
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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 visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Every visit
LatestJul 9, 2026Routine inspection90 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 90 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jul 9, 2026.
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (4)
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Observed accumulation of grime on the front facing side of the deflector plate for the ice machine. [CA] Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
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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No plan for a special process
The department's words
K18 Compliance with variance/ROP/HACCP Plan
Observed wagyu and pork date labeled for the previous day (7/8/2026), without time marking; facility does not currently have HACCP plan. [CA] A food facility is not required to have an HACCP plan in the food facility uses a reduced oxygen packaging method to package hazardous food that always complies with the following standards with respect to packaging the hazardous food: (1) The food is labeled with the production time and date. (2) The food is held at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or lower during refrigerated storage. (3) The food is removed from its package in the food facility within 48 hours after packaging
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
One food handler card was expired. [CA] Each food handler shall maintain a valid food handler card for the duration of his or her employment as food handler. A valid food handler card shall be provided within 30 days of after the date of hire.
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
Observed raw shelled eggs stored above ready to eat foods in the back upright cooler. [CA] All food shall be separated and protected from cross-contamination. Store all raw meat or other raw products of animal origin below ready-to-eat food items.
Food Code 3-302.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Top to bottom
- 1. Top: ready-to-eat food (salads, desserts, cut fruit, cooked leftovers, deli meat, cheese, drinks)
- 2. Raw fish and seafood (cooked to 145°F)
- 3. Whole cuts of beef, pork and lamb; raw shell eggs (145°F)
From Food Code 3-302.11
Keep raw meat types apart
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Are you Protege? 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.
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food Read the free guide
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
About this record
Opens the county's own page for this place.
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
- 90 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
This is not an official ranking or grade. See the official source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (opens the department's site) .
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