Wichita inspections: Dripping chicken blood, roaches, mice, bugs, no license, old food
Eleven local businesses, including several restaurants, failed their Kansas Department of Agriculture food safety inspections last week. Their violations include evidence of cockroach and rodent infestations, bugs in or landing on food, employees who didn’t wash their hands, old ingredients, dirty equipment and operating without a current license, a check of Sedgwick County’s non-compliant inspections from Oct. 3-9 shows.
One business was cited after an inspector found blood from raw chicken dripping on a container of fresh vegetables, the reports say. Another propped open an exterior door next to some trash bins, which let bugs inside the building.
Information about the 11 non-compliant businesses, compiled Oct. 11, appears below with a summary of the problems inspectors noted on their reports. More details, including specific violation descriptions and survey dates, are posted in The Eagle’s online searchable, non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspection database at www.kansas.com/databases.
More than 50 businesses surveyed last week passed their inspections with few or no violations. You can see those at www.foodsafety.kda.ks.gov/FoodSafety/Web/Inspection/PublicInspectionSearch.aspx.
Failing an inspection doesn’t necessarily mean a business has to close; that’s rare. Most violations are minor and are immediately corrected on site.
Businesses fall out of compliance with state rules when they have too many violations or certain types of problems that can increase the risk of a customer contracting a food-borne illness, or when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as plumbing issues and pest infestations.
When a business fails, it’s usually inspected again within 10 days.
To complain about conditions anywhere that serves or sells food to the public, email kda.fsl@ks.gov or call 785-564-6767.
Recent out-of-compliance inspections
China King, 4100 E. Harry St. #52 in Wichita — Two violations for storing meat and noodles at unsafe temperatures, missing paperwork. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 14.
Dairy Queen, 18503 W. Kellogg Dr. in Goddard — Three violations for employee touching ice cream with bare hands, tomatoes were too warm in cooler because their container was overly full, dirty containers. Follow-up inspection date wasn’t listed.
Haysville Nutrition and Energy, 243 E. Grand in Haysville — Three violations for storing scoops in containers of food, only one hand-washing sink in establishment, operating without a license. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Nov. 4.
Long John Silver’s in Westway Shopping Center, 1129 W. Pawnee St. in Wichita — One violation for cockroaches. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Dec. 4.
New Lemongrass: Taste of Vietnam, 300 N. Mead St., Ste. 108 in Wichita — Seven violations for dead insects in a vodka bottle, cook not washing hands, raw chicken dripping blood on container of chopped carrots and celery, bean sprouts were kept at unsafe temperature, package of imitation crab meat and fish balls weren’t labeled with opening date, no equipment to test strength of sanitizer in kitchen dishwasher, no hand-drying supplies at sink. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Dec. 7.
Papa John’s Pizza, 8620 W. McCormick Ave. in Wichita — Four violations for container of whipped cream cheese not labeled with opening date, dirty pizza cutters, door by trash cans propped open which could lead to pest infestation, flying bugs landing on cheese. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 16.
Pizza John’s, 208 S. Baltimore in Derby — Six violations for making sanitizer too strong, blue cheese dressing not marked with preparation date, no equipment to test strength of sanitizer, no sanitizer in dishwasher, cockroaches under soda dispenser, unlabeled chemical bottles. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 17.
Shot Time II, 3225 S. Exposition in Wichita — Fifteen violations for not marking bags of sliced tomatoes with preparation dates, fajita mix containing raw meat stored next to produce, milk wasn’t dated, old pizza sauce and beans, no consumer advisory warning of risks of eating under-cooked burgers, no food thermometer, no equipment for testing strength of sanitizer, plumbing issue, unlabeled chemical bottle, insecticide rated for residential use only stored on site, current copy of food establishment license isn’t posted. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 15.
Sunstone Nutrition, 105 N. Campbell Dr. in Haysville — One violation for not having a food thermometer on site. Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 14.
TJ’s Burger House, 1003 W. Douglas in Wichita — Violations weren’t listed on Kansas Department of Agriculture website. No follow-up date listed.
Trotbot, 1110 W. Harry in Wichita — Two violations for not having soap at a kitchen sink, “approximately thirty small rodent droppings in the back corner of the kitchen.” Follow-up inspection scheduled for Oct. 17.
This story was originally published October 14, 2021 at 4:42 AM.
