Sacramento County health inspectors closed six eateries, including a Sacramento Japanese restaurant after they found a dead mouse and 389 rodent droppings in the facility.
Meanwhile, 19 eateries received yellow placards for health code violations ranging from dying cockroaches to pink slime in the soda gun nozzle.
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…