At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
95/ 100 · 5 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Oct 13, 2025
At the routine inspection on Oct 13, 2025. The latest visit, on Jan 13, 2026, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Taqueria Rancho Foods 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 Taqueria Rancho Foods?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food K27How to fixFix it
- Hot food below 135°F K07How 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 Taqueria Rancho Foods' team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat foodThe county found: “Raw steak noted on the top shelve of the reach in and fruits at the bottom. [CA] All food shall be separated and…”
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Then the next one: Hot food below 135°F
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.111, 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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Top to bottom
From Food Code 3-302.11
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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 (1 routine, 1 follow-up).
Nice work, Taqueria Rancho Foods. At the follow-up six days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in six days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestJan 13, 2026Follow-up inspection
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.
This one: a follow-up inspection on Jan 13, 2026. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Oct 13, 2025: 95 out of 100 (Green placard).
EarlierJan 7, 2026Routine inspectionYellow placard
2 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
No hot or cold water at a sink
The department's words
K21 Hot and cold water available
Lack of hot water at handwash and 3 comp sinks (water measured at 61F). [CA] Provide hot water at a minimum of 100F at the handwash station and 120F at the 3 comp warewash sink. [COS] PIC adjusted water heater and restored hot water to all sinks.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K13 Food in good condition, safe, unadulterated
No paper towels in employee restroom. [CA] Provide single use paper towels in dispenser at handwash station at all times. [COS] PIC had staff refill paper towel dispenser during time of inspection.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
EarlierOct 13, 2025Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
K27 Food separated and protected
Raw steak noted on the top shelve of the reach in and fruits at the bottom. [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 Taqueria Rancho Foods? Fix it
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
PHF within the counter top was measured at 53*F at the time of inspection. Per PIC, she had left it out for about 1-hour. [CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. [SA] PHF was moved to under counter refrigeration
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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Are you Taqueria Rancho Foods? 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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- Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food Read the free guide
- Hot food below 135°F 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
- Follow-up inspection
- Result
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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