Minneapolis Restaurant Inspection Mentions 'Diarrhea Episode'

MINNEAPOLIS — Anyone interested in Minneapolis food inspection reports can now find them online. The food inspection lookup tool can sort information by business name or address, location, inspection date, and business category (restaurant, grocery or institution).

People can look up reports on individual businesses or collect bulk health inspection data from the past three years.

The main job of a health inspector is to make sure a business is serving safe food. Health inspectors check how food is received, stored, prepared and cooked. They also check that food safety rules are followed to keep consumers safe from foodborne illnesses.

Here's an example of what the reports look like online:

Here is a sampling of violations from area restaurants:

Crave, 825 Hennepin Avenue

• Aug. 2019 Routine inspection:

MN Rule 4626.0123: "There was no procedure in place for clean up of the vomit or diarrhea episode. A copy of the Olmstead written process was provided at the time of inspection. You do not have your process in writing, but you can use the process provided or use it to develop your own process."

Birchwood Cafe, 3311 25th Street East

• May 2019 routine inspection:

MN Rule 4626.0275E: "Observed ice scoop sitting on top of ice bin in contact with plumbing line. Store scoop in a clean and protected location."

Blarney Pub & Grill, 412 14th Street Avenue SE

• April 2019 routine inspection:

MN Rule 4626.0245: "The facility is using raw unpasteurized eggs to make Hollandaise sauce. The Hillandaise sauce is not cooked to the proper temperature. The facility can do the following: Use pasteurized eggs to make Hollandaise. Have a consumer advisory on the menu and indicate that the product is served undercooked."

MN Rule 2626.1040A: "The upstairs bar soda gun holders were missing drain tubes."

The inspection also notes: "Due to the number of overall violations is is a lack of managerial control" and cites MN Rule 46 26.0035DGHIKM.

A healthy business can follow correct procedures to safely handle food and still have room for improvement. Even the best businesses can have violations.

A health inspection report begins with a score of 100. Violation points are subtracted from 100 to determine the final score for the inspection, according to a news release.

Priority 1 violations are the most serious violations and remove the most points; they can cause food to be unsafe. Examples: not cooking or cooling food to the correct temperature or employees not washing their hands correctly. Priority 2 violations are for conditions that control food safety risks such as a business without a thermometer or a hand sink without soap. Priority 3 violations relate to general cleanliness and maintenance including broken equipment or dirty floors.

Health inspection reports for the city of Minneapolis can be found here.