Name-brand restaurants typically thrive at maintaining food safety while staying clean and preventing foodborne illnesses. These restaurants have very specific cleaning protocols in place, created and perfected at corporate headquarters. Regardless of if the restaurant is a franchise-owned or corporate-owned location, all of the same food safety requirements are in place. This is why the majority of brand-name restaurants thrive during health inspections. However, one restaurant in Phoenix, despite having access to corporate-crafted food safety resources, received a D-level health report during its most recent inspection.
On September 30, the health department visited the KFC at 1525 North 43rd Avenue in Phoenix. Over the course of the inspection, the restaurant received eight total violations, including four Priority Violations. A Priority Violation is one that direction contributes to the increased chance of foodborne illness or injury. When a restaurant receives at least three Priority Violations it is automatically given a D-grade on its annual inspection. While the KFC is not participating in the voluntary grading system, the restaurant’s four violations would warrant a D-grade.