At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
95/ 100 · 5 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Aug 18, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Sourdough Bread Company 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 Sourdough Bread Company?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- No person in charge on duty K01How to fixFix it
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed K36How 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: No person in charge on dutyThe county found: “[REPEAT VIOLATION] Food safety manager's certificate was unavailable upon request. [CA] Ensure a valid food safety…”
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 4 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 (10 → 5). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestAug 18, 2026Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 95 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Aug 18, 2026.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
[REPEAT VIOLATION] Food safety manager's certificate was unavailable upon request. [CA] Ensure a valid food safety manager's certificate is obtained and available for review.
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
[REPEAT VIOLATION] Observed a cloth used to cover bread. [CA] Linen shall not be used in contact with food unless they are used to line a container for the service of foods and are replaced each time the container is refilled for a new consumer and laundered prior to reuse.
Food Code 4-901.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
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EarlierSep 26, 2025Routine inspection90 out of 100 (Green placard)
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (4)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
Observed a cloth touching bread on bread counter. [CA] Linen shall not be used in contact with food unless they are used to line a container for the service of foods and are replaced each time the container is refilled for a new consumer and laundered prior to reuse.
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
Lack of food manager certificate. [CA] Food facilities that prepare, handle, or serve non-prepackaged potentially hazard foods shall have a valid Food Safety Certificate available for review at all times.
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Quaternary ammnoium in sanitizer bucket measured at 0 ppm. [CA] Wiping towels shall be stored in sanitizing solution of an approved concentration when not in use (100 ppm - chlorine, 200 ppm - quaternary ammonium). [COS] Employee refilled the bucket and it measured at 200 ppm.
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Measured roast beef at 44F, sliced salami at 46F and sliced turkey at 48F. Per PIC, these items were restocked from under counter refrigerator less than 30 min ago and top insert was left open for some time and containers may have been left on table for few minutes while restocking. . [CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. [COS] PIC is maintaining the top insert closed to cool PHFs to 41 or below. Final temperature measured at 41F below at the end of the inspection.
EarlierNov 13, 2024Follow-up inspectionGreen placard
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
EarlierNov 5, 2024Routine inspection90 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
In sandwich prep unit #1 - Measured cheese at 53F in top insert and at 49F in under counter unit. Measured sliced tomatoes at 50F in top insert. Per PIC, tomatoes were cut at 9:30 AM, sliced cheese was brought from back refrigerator this morning. Per PIC, the unit is leaking water and work order has been put in. [CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. Discontinue storing PHFs in this unit until it is repaired. [COS] PIC transferred the PHFs to sandwich prep unit #2 to cool down to 41F or below.
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)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
Ambient temperature for sandwich prep unit #1 measured at 48F. [CA] Refrigeration must be capable of maintaining PHFs at 41°F or below. Repair the refrigerator unit.
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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- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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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
- 95 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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