Bill's Imported Foods
721 Lake St W, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Passed re-check · May 29, 2025 Directions
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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 1 of 2 graded inspections since 2025.
- Last inspected May 29, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 15, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications., cited 2 times, plus 1 other repeat issue.
- 7 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 2 visits
- 2025
- Passed May 29
Follow-Up Inspection
2 violations
- Minor All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Minor Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- Failed May 15
Routine Inspection
17 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Clean food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils used for TCS foods at least every four hours.
- Critical Use only chemical sanitizers on food-contact surfaces that meet Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations requirements: • Part 180, section 180.940 • Part 180, subpart E, section 180.2020
- Critical Keep poisonous or toxic materials away from food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service items.
- Critical Discontinue using restricted-use pesticides that do not meet the requirements of 40 CFR 152, subpart 152, subpart A section 152.1.
- Critical Food employees must wash their hands after: using the toilet; coughing or sneezing; using a handkerchief or disposable tissue; using tobacco; eating or drinking; handling soiled equipment or utensils; caring for or handling service animals or fish in an aquarium, molluscan shellfish or crustacea in a display tank; as frequently as necessary during food preparation to remove soil, contamination, and to prevent cross-contamination when changing food preparation tasks; when switching between working with raw food and working with RTE food; before donning gloves for working with food; and touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean exposed portions of arms.
- Critical Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Critical Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- Minor Rinse washed utensils and equipment with water to remove abrasives or cleaning chemicals before sanitizing or use an approved detergent-sanitizer procedure.
- Minor Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- Minor The person in charge must make sure employees follow proper food safety procedures, including: • Proper handwashing • Preventing cross-contamination from bare hands • Proper cooking of TCS foods • Proper cooling of TCS foods • Proper hot and cold temperatures of TCS foods • Preventing plumbing cross connections • Properly sanitizing equipment and utensils
- Minor Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- Minor Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Minor Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
- Minor Label all food packages as required by the law.
- Minor All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Minor Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Minor Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared in a processing plant and held for more than 24 hours once opened. Day one is the day the food was opened.
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