Sacramento County health inspectors closed two locations of a national pizza chain, Indian restaurant and three other eateries after discovering hundreds of rodent droppings, cockroaches and a lack of hot water in the facility.
Meanwhile, a total of 17 eateries received yellow placards for health code violations ranging from dead cockroaches and “potentially hazardous food” at unsafe temperatures.
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…