Latest county health inspections

Surprise Today publishes health inspections provided by the Maricopa County Environmental Services’ Division of Health Services. Inspectors list critical, repeat and noncritical violations.
A critical violation is more likely than noncritical to present a significant health hazard that could cause contamination or food-borne illness.
Surprise Today receives results three weeks after inspections take place. Restaurants are given two weeks to clear up any problems, so violations may have been rectified by the time reports are published.
One asterisk indicates the violation was corrected at the time of the inspection.
The results of inspections reviewed between Dec. 7 and 13 and details of crtical violations are listed.
Surprise
• Bite Me Breads & Cookies, 11340 W. Bell Road: gold, 0 violations.
• Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 14291 N.W. Grand Ave.: silver, 1 critical, 0 repeat, 2 noncritical.
• NYPD Pizza, 13980 W. Bell Road: silver, 1 critical, 1 repeat, 2 noncritical.
Food holding and storage time is not within food safety limits.*
• Subway, 12801 W. Bell Road: silver, 1 critical, 0 repeat, 0 noncritical.
Employees are not following proper hand and arm cleaning procedures.*
• Subway, 14455 N.W. Grand Ave.: silver, 2 critical, 0 repeat, 1 noncritical.
Employees eating, drinking or using tobacco in food preparation, storage or service areas.*
Food contact surfaces of equipment/utensils are not easily cleanable.*
• Desert Palms Restaurant, 12425 W. Bell Road: silver, 2 critical, 0 repeat, 3 noncritical.
Potentially hazardous foods for hotholding not rapidly reheated to 165 degrees Fahrenheit.*
Employees’ hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed.*
• Safeway, 17007 W. Bell Road: gold, 0 critical, 0 repeat, 2 noncritical.
• Trackside Bar & Grill, 19194 W. Gordon Ave.: gold, 0 critical, 0 repeat, 2 noncritical.
Youngtown
• Jack in the Box, 11101 N.W. Grand Ave.: no award, 2 critical, 1 repeat, 0 noncritical.
Cold, potentially hazardous foods not held at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below.*
Employees’ hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed.*
Glendale
• Arby’s, 5920 W. Bell Road: gold, 1 critical, 0 repeat, 0 noncritical.
Food contact surfaces of equipment/utensils are not easily cleanable.*
• Black Bear Diner, 6039 W. Bell Road: no award, 4 critical, 1 repeat, 2 noncritical.
Cold, potentially hazardous foods not held at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below.*
Food contact surfaces of utensils and equipment are not clean to sight and touch.*
Employees’ hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed.*
Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous foods are not correctly date marked.*