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Food Safety Report: BUENA VISTA CONCESSIONS, 13115 Ironbark Rd, Taft, California 93268, USA.
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Regulatory Report
13115 Ironbark Road, Taft, 93268 California, United States
Closure Date: 05/05/2023-OBSERVED 2 DEAD MICE AT FACILITY. ONE WAS IN A STICKY TRAP NEAR IN THE KITCHEN AREA AND THE OTHER WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR BY THE BACK DOOR. THOUSANDS OF MOUSE DROPPINGS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY, INCLUDING THE FRONT OF THE FRONT COUNTER WHERE CUSTOMERS PAY AND IN THE KITCHEN AREAS. OTHER AREAS INCLUDE STORAGE AREAS. IT APPEARED THAT THERE MIGHT BE DROPPINGS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE CARDBOARD BOXES LAYING ON THE FLOOR; IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TELL AS THERE IS ALSO SOIL WITH WORMS NEAR THIS AREA. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT DID APPEAR THAT THEY WERE DROPPINGS.
-OBSERVED 4+ LIVE SPIDERS INCLUDING 1 BLACK WIDOW AND NUMEROUS COBWEBS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
-OBSERVED 2 CHIP BAGS THAT HAD BEEN RIPPED OPEN AND EATEN BY RODENTS.
-OBSERVED BAT DROPPINGS ON OUTDOOR ELECTRICAL BOXES ON WEST SIDE OF BUILDING. THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED OUTDOORS AND OPERATOR STATED THAT THEY HAVE BECOME INFESTED WITH BATS, PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM ON THE WOODEN BEAM THAT RUNS ACROSS THE CEILING. OPERATORS DO NOT WANT TO USE THE BATHROOM DUE TO THIS INFESTATION. OPERATORS ALSO STATED THAT BATS HARBOR IN THE RAFTERS INSIDE THE STORE AND COME THROUGH CRACKS WHERE THE WOOD RAFTERS MEET THE WHITE BRICK WALL. THERE IS AN AREA WHERE THEY ADJOIN WHERE INSULATION IS EXPOSED.
-OBSERVED HUNDREDS OF DEAD INSECTS IN THE ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER WHERE ICE CREAM BARS ARE STORED TO BE SOLD TO CUSTOMERS AND ON THE SHELVES WHERE LUNCH MEAT, MILK, BACON, EGGS, BUTTER, CORN AND FLOUR TORTILLAS, AND JUICE CARTONS ARE STORED FOR CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE.
Source: Kern County