Sacramento County health inspectors closed four local eateries including two gas station markets, a nursing home and market due to cockroaches, more than 180 rodent droppings and a lack of hot water.
Meanwhile, a total of 12 eateries received yellow placards for health code violations ranging from dead cockroaches and slime.
What do these inspections mean?
While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
A red placard, however, signals “imminent danger to public health and safety” and suspends the health permit until violations are corrected…