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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
68point violations
26 problems found · 11 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Oct 5, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 27 point violations. Smoked 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 Smoked Taco?
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: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cold food above 41°F 4.3.59*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature 4.4.72**How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
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Next: Eating or drinking in a food areaThe county found: “Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.”
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Then the next one: Cold food above 41°F
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 7-201.11.
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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 · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
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
LatestOct 5, 2026Routine inspection68 points
This one: 68 points, inspected Oct 5, 2026.
26 violations listed, 12 marked critical.
Critical (11)
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
The department's words
4.3.59* Cold Holding
Raw shrimp is being held at 47°F in a reach in cooler.
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
Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
The department's words
4.4.72** Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
Wash solution temperature in the chemical sanitizing dish machine does not reach at least 120°F. (Temperature of 116 F recorded)
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
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
4.4.76* Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Chemical Sanitization, Temperature, pH, Concentration and Hardness
There is no measurable sanitizer in the wiping cloth container.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 4-602.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clean first, then sanitize
- 1. Scrape off food.
- 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
- 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).
From Food Code 4-603.16
When to clean food-contact surfaces
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Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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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.
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
Hand sinks are being used for purposes other than hand washing.
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
Handwashing Cleanser and Hand Sanitizers-Availability
The department's words
4.6.24** Handwashing Cleanser and Hand Sanitizers-Availability
There is no soap at the hand sink.
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
Hand Drying Provision
The department's words
4.6.25** Hand Drying Provision
There is no hand drying provision at the hand sink.
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
Chemicals unlabeled or stored near food
The department's words
4.7.2** Working Containers-Common Name
A chemical spray bottle is not labeled with the common name. (Front counter area) A chemical spray bottle is not labeled with the common name. (Ware wash area)
Cited 2 times
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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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
Toxic materials that are not used for food establishment operations are stored in the food establishment.
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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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Food Containers Prohibited from Storing Toxic Materials
The department's words
4.7.7* Food Containers Prohibited from Storing Toxic Materials
A food container is used to store a cleaning solution and the container is not labeled.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Non-critical (12)
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.
The department's words
4.3.31 In-Use Utensils - Between-Use Storage
In-use utensils are stored with handles in contact with food.
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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Allergen Notification
The department's words
4.3.68 (iii) Allergen Notification
The establishment does not have written notification of the presence of major allergens.
Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Storage
The department's words
4.4.105 Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Storage
Single service items are stored on the floor. Single service items are not covered or inverted to prevent contamination.
Cited 2 times
Restraining Pressurized Containers
The department's words
4.4.49 Restraining Pressurized Containers
Pressurized cylinders are not secured.
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Drainboards
The department's words
4.4.53 Drainboards
Sinks lack sufficient drainboard space to accommodate all clean and dirty dishes.
Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
The department's words
4.5.13 Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
A shutoff valve is installed downstream from the atmospheric vacuum breaker on the mop sink. (Spray nozzle attached)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
4.5.30 System Maintained in Good Repair Non-critical
A floor sink is slow to drain (standing water).
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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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Various walls are damaged. (Small holes)
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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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
Floor sinks are dirty. The floor beneath the 3-compartment sink is dirty.
Cited 2 times
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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Hood filters need cleaning
The department's words
4.6.43 Cleaning Ventilation Systems-Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition
Ceiling air vents are dusty.
Food Code 6-501.14 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
Hood filters clean
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
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When a HACCP Plan is Required
The department's words
4.8.3 When a HACCP Plan is Required
Cooked meat is being vacuum sealed without an approved HACCP plan.
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)
What you can do
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Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Cold food above 41°F Read the free guide
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Chemicals unlabeled or stored near food Read the free guide
- In-use utensils stored wrong Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Hood filters need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
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About this record
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
- 68 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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