LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – If you serve food to the public, Lubbock health inspectors check out the cleanliness of your establishment.
This week, it’s not a restaurant you’re used to on the low performer’s list – it’s a convenience store.
Yesway at 7822 82nd had 45 violations.
- Two pans of raw bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers were stored in the walk-in cooler above ready-to-eat coffee creamer, tamales, and bottled drinks.
- A carton of raw shell eggs was stored on a shelf above ready to eat tamales, cheese, and precooked meats in the walk-in cooler.
- Uncooked sliced bacon was stored on a shelf above ready-to-eat tamales, precooked meats, cheese, and bags of RTE latte mix, in the walk-in cooler.
- White cutting boards stored with clean wares were visibly soiled.
- Employee handled cashiering duties returned to kitchen to fry food without a hand wash.
- Single-service plastic bags used as ice bags were stored on the bottom shelf under multiple chemical containers in the dry storage area with the ice machine.
- A box of urn cleaner packets was stored in the cabinet under the coffee machines over an open bag of coffee mix, and also had an open bag draped over another cleaning bottle.
- Eight chemical-containing containers (sanitizer) were stored on the top shelf over clean wares in the ware wash area.
- A stainless steel cleaner, and a spray paint can were stored on top of the ice bin of the ice machine. The unit had ice.
- A bagged cleaner was stored on a shelf over packaged single-service straws and coffee creamer in the drink station cabinet.
- Four boxes of single-service food service gloves were stored on a shelf below shelves of multiple chemicals in the dry storage room with the ice machine.
- The hose installed on the faucet at the mop sink is stored with the hose inside and below the flood level rim of the sink basin. No backflow prevention.
- An open container of chopped beef stored in the walk-in cooler (WIC) had a stamp with use-by-date of February 27, 2026. PIC states they freeze the product, then thaw when it will be in use.
- Two pans of raw bacon wrapped, with cream cheese jalapeno poppers, stored in the WIC, were not date marked.
- Open bags of precooked sausage patties, meat patties, tamales, and hot links, all stored in the WIC, were not date marked when opened.
- The waste pipe from the drink station that is installed to drain into the floor drain under the single-service condiments storage rack in the prep room is installed inside and below the floor drain grate.
Due to the nature and number of violations found during the present inspection, PIC and staff did not demonstrate food safety knowledge…