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What happened?
54point violations
22 problems found · 10 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Sep 11, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 27 point violations. Santo Taco got more than most.
Compared with 2,086 Salt Lake County fast-food and counter places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Santo Taco?
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- Marked critical: Food Safety Manager Certification 4.1.4 (i)How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cooling Methods 4.3.58**How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
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Next: Food Safety Manager CertificationThe county found: “There is no certified food safety manager employed at the establishment. (Must submit proof of class enrollment to the…”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 3-501.17, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 6-501.112.
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Clothes, eating and drinking
From Food Code 2-304.11
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 7 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.
Every visit
LatestSep 11, 2025Routine inspection54 points
This one: 54 points, inspected Sep 11, 2025.
22 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
Critical (10)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Food Safety Manager Certification
The department's words
4.1.4 (i) Food Safety Manager Certification
There is no certified food safety manager employed at the establishment. (Must submit proof of class enrollment to the Food Protection Bureau within 30 days.)
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 Salt Lake County Health Department
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco
Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Cooling Methods
The department's words
4.3.58** Cooling Methods
Potentially hazardous food is being cooled in deep containers.
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.3.59* Hot Holding
Salsa is being held out of temperature control at 82°F on a counter.
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)(2) · R392-100
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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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.3.60** Ready-to-Eat, Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) - Date Marking
Potentially hazardous and ready to eat foods that are prepared on-site and held for more than 24 hours are not date-marked.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.17 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
The rule
- Ready-to-eat TCS food made on site and kept in the fridge more than 24 hours gets a date label.
- It's good for 7 days at 41°F or below. The day you made it is day 1.
- Example: potato salad made Saturday is labeled "Discard Friday."
- Never go past the maker's use-by date on any ingredient.
From Food Code 3-501.17
Mixed and opened foods
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Date marking: the 7-day rule
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
Interior surfaces of the ventilation hood are unclean.
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 Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.83* Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Cleaning
Food containers are not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil.
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 Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
Hand sink is blocked with dishes.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 5-205.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.6.50** Controlling Pests
There are numerous flies present in the facility.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 6-501.111 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Chemicals unlabeled or stored near food
The department's words
4.7.4** Restriction-Poisonous or Toxic Materials
Insecticides are being stored in establishment kitchen.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 7-201.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Store them away from food
- Store chemicals below and away from food, dishes, utensils, linens and single-use items. Never on a shelf above food.
- Separate them by space or a partition.
- Keep only the chemicals the kitchen needs.
From Food Code 7-201.11
Label every container
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Chemicals and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
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Non-critical (10)
Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
The department's words
4.3.24 Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. (White powder)
The department's words
4.3.31 In-Use Utensils - Between-Use Storage
Bowls are used for food scoops and are stored inside food containers. In-use knives are stored in an unclean location between pieces of equipment.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 3-304.12 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Serving utensils
- A separate utensil in every dish, with a handle long enough to stay out of the food.
- Between uses, rest it in one of six places: in the food with the handle up out of it; in a closed bin of dry food that is not TCS food; on a clean, sanitized spot; in running water (moist food like ice cream); in a clean, protected spot (a scoop for food that is not TCS food); or in water at 135°F or above. Never on the bare table, a towel or in another dish.
- Change it when dropped, used in another dish, or touched at the food end, and at least every 4 hours.
From Food Code 3-304.12
Clean plates and no re-serving
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Buffets and self-service
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Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
4.3.37 Food Storage
Food is being stored on the floor.
Food Code 3-305.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) - Slacking
The department's words
4.3.55 Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) - Slacking
Shrimp is being slacked on the counter.
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
4.4.85 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces-Cleaning
Reach-in cooler handles are dirty. Exterior surfaces of cooking equipment are dirty.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 4-602.13 · R392-100
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 backflow test on file
The department's words
4.5.30 System Maintained in Good Repair Non-critical
The faucet is leaking on the hand sink.
Food Code 5-205.15 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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Pests inside, or a way in for them
The department's words
4.6.15 Outer Openings-Protected
An exterior door is not tight fitting.
Food Code 6-501.111 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Floors, Walls, and Ceilings-Utility Lines
The department's words
4.6.4 Floors, Walls, and Ceilings-Utility Lines
Ice machine is draining onto floor.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Hole in tiled wall behind cookline.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
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
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Other Personal Care Items-Storage
The department's words
4.7.19 Other Personal Care Items-Storage
Personal items are being stored on food storage containers.
EarlierSep 6, 2024Routine inspection40 points
13 violations listed, 9 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 15, 2024Routine inspection64 points
25 violations listed, 11 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJul 26, 2023Routine inspection89 points
38 violations listed, 21 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJul 5, 2022Routine inspection8 points
6 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJul 22, 2020Routine inspection12 points
3 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierApr 4, 2019Routine inspection22 points
7 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
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- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Cold food above 41°F Read the free guide
- Ready-to-eat food not dated Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Pests seen inside: flies Read the free guide
- Chemicals unlabeled or stored near food Read the free guide
- In-use utensils stored wrong Read the free guide
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Pests inside, or a way in for them Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.
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.
Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.
- Listed as
- Restaurants: non-plated
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 54 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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