CASPER, Wyoming – The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food trucks, cafeterias and food outlets. Each establishment undergoes an unannounced inspection at least twice a year.
According to the department, “there are three types of violations: priority violations, priority fundamental violations and core violations.”
While the Department of Health looks for deficiencies, the organization’s main goal is to educate companies and help them understand unsafe practices and find ways to correct them.
According to Natrona County’s Environmental Health Program Manager, “There is no sliding scale and no pass or fail in health inspections.” Each violation is either corrected immediately or within 10 days, meaning a violation does not make the business unsafe.
If a re-inspection is required, the problem may have been more serious or the facility needed more time to fix it. You have 10 days to fix the problem, and Heald says most facilities can easily meet that requirement.
Any serious violations or notable citations will be listed in the summary notes below, but the full report on each restaurant can be found on the department’s website, where all current information is posted.
5 August 2024
Senior Services Central Wyoming
Violations: 3 (1 priority)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “Accumulations of encrusted grease deposits or other contaminants have been observed on the following food contact surfaces: Blade of a can opener.”
Hamburger Stand Inc.
Violations: 0
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Sam’s Club Store
Violations: 4 (1 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comment: “The cups for portioning the pizza toppings are kept in the food with the handles.”
6 August 2024
Bakery-Confectionery Big Harvest
Violations: 9 (4 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: Yes
Link to the full report
Comments: “A food worker failed to wash his hands before preparing food.”
Lodge at Willard Springs Food Service This
Violations: 0
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Baptist meeting camp on the mountaintop
Violations: 2 (1 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “Employees in the catering area were observed working without appropriate hair protection.”
Taco John’s (West)
Violations: 9 (5 priority, 2 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: Yes
Link to the full report
Comment: “The controller cannot demonstrate knowledge of the regulations to the representative of the regulatory authority.”
7 August 2024
Studio City Cinemas
Violations: 9 (3 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: Yes
Link to the full report
Comments: “Employees were observed touching ready-to-eat foods (popcorn) with their bare hands.”
8 August 2024
Reverse distillation Co
Violations: 2 (1 priority, 2 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “A food worker failed to wash his or her hands before preparing food, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, handling dirty dishes, or after performing any activity in which his or her hands may have become contaminated.”
Chozen Yoghurt
Violations: 1 (Priority, will be corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “Two spray bottles of bleach were unlabeled.”
Eating all day
Violations: 1
Re-examination required: Yes
Link to the full report
Comments: “The unit must be thoroughly cleaned including floors, appliances, walls, countertops, switches, handles, containers. Additionally, fly swatters are not allowed in the unit. Fly screens have been replaced.”
Jimmy John’s
Violations: 4 (1 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “The surfaces of the ice cream maker and baking trays came into contact with non-potentially hazardous foodstuffs that were contaminated by accumulations of dirt and debris.”
Goal
Violations: 2 (Priority)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “The concentration of disinfectant in the spray bottle was less than 200 ppm.”
9 August 2024
7 Make coffee
Violations: 0
Re-examination required: Yes
Link to the full report
Comments: “Post-opening inspection. The handwashing sink was clogged. I discussed with the shift manager that there is unhindered access to the sink at all times and when to wash hands.”
AFC Sushi West (Albertsons)
Violations: 1
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “Fish marked ‘Keep frozen’ is stored in the refrigerator in oxygen-reduced packaging.”
Albertsons #2060 CY Store
Violations: 2 (1 priority)
Re-examination required: NO
Link to the full report
Comments: “No hand washing was observed during the inspection.”
