At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
96/ 100 · 4 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · May 19, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Equipment in poor repair K35How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How 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 Taco Bell's team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Equipment in poor repairThe county found: “Noted a damaged steel cable inside of the reach in at the back of the facility. [CA] Equipment and utensils shall be…”
Then the next one: Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-304.14.
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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).
Every visit
LatestMay 19, 2026Routine inspection96 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 96 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected May 19, 2026.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
Noted a damaged steel cable inside of the reach in at the back of the facility. [CA] Equipment and utensils shall be designed and constructed to be durable and retain characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Make repairs.
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Are you Taco Bell? Fix it
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
FRP next to the emergency exit in the back of the facility is starting to come off the wall. [CA] Adhere the FRP back on to the wall properly and seal.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you Taco Bell? Fix it
EarlierJul 29, 2025Routine inspection96 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Sanitizer buckets around the facility were measured at 100PPM of quats at the time of inspection. [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] Sanitizer buckets were changed out; re-measured at 200PPM.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
rethermalizer drain line is directly inside of the floor sink. [CA] All equipment that discharges liquid waste shall be drained by means of indirect waste pipes, and all wastes drained by them shall discharge through an airgap into a floor sink or other approved type of receptor.
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 Taco Bell, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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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
- 96 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) .
Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.