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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
90/ 100 · 10 points taken off
2 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Jun 25, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Safeway #997 Deli 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 Safeway #997 Deli?
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: Hot food below 135°F K07How to fixFix it
- No backflow test on file K41How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Next: Hot food below 135°FThe county found: “Major: 1. Measured sliced cheese holding at 51F in sandwich prep for more than 4 hours. 2. Measured deli meat holding…”
First step: If food is out of range
Then the next one: No backflow test on file
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 routine).
Every visit
LatestJun 25, 2026Routine inspection90 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 90 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jun 25, 2026.
2 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Major: 1. Measured sliced cheese holding at 51F in sandwich prep for more than 4 hours. 2. Measured deli meat holding at 53F at boar's head display refrigerator for less than 4 hours. [CA] Maintain all PHFs cold held at or below 41F. [COS] Operator voluntarily discarded PHFs in trash and relocate PHFs to another refrigeration unit. Minor: Measured the following PHFs holding between 46F - 49F in sandwich prep unit for less than 4 hours: sliced ham, sliced pastrami and sliced cheese. [CA] Maintain all PHFs cold held at or below 41F.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(1)
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If food is out of range
- Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
- Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
- Unknown time or longer: throw it out.
Which foods need temperature control (TCS)
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Hot and cold holding
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Not critical (1)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
1. Found cold water pressure at hand wash sink located near sushi section with insufficient flow. [CA] Ensure cold/warm water is flowing sufficient for the purposes of hand washing. 2. Found leaking faucet at both 1-compartment sink. [CA] Secure leak.
Food Code 5-205.15
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In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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EarlierDec 11, 2025Routine inspection92 out of 100 (Green placard)
1 violation listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Measured the following PHFs holding between 126F - 134F in warmer display case for less than 4 hours: salt & vinegar wings, zing wings and bbq wings. [CA] Maintain all PHFs hot held at or above 135F. [SA] Operator opted to use time as a public health control (TPHC).
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EarlierJun 5, 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
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Measured the following PHFs holding between 127F - 134F in hot display case for less than 4 hours: grilled chicken, buffalo chicken wings and bbq chicken wings. [CA] Maintain all PHFs hot held at or above 135F. [COS] Operator directed to reheat PHFs to 165F.
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)
No hot or cold water at a sink
The department's words
K21 Hot and cold water available
Measured hot water holding at 111F and fluctuating down to 102F. [CA] Provide an adequate, pressurized, potable supply of hot water at a minimum of 120F for all sinks with the exception of hand wash sink to be held between 100F - 108F. [COS] Final reading at 124F.
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)
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- Hot food below 135°F Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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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
- 90 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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