Sacramento County health inspectors closed an Ethiopian restaurant and sandwich shop after they found more than 55 live German cockroaches and 22 dead cockroaches.
Meanwhile, a total of six received yellow placards for health code violations ranging from an employee not washing their hands to old food debris on the meat slicer.
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. This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination…