Family Dollar No. 31662
273 COLUMBIA RD, DORCHESTER, MA 02121
Last inspected Feb 19, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 21 inspections on record for Family Dollar No. 31662, spanning March 2018 to February 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
It has held passed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 2 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Feb 19, 2026
✓2 violations
- Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Jun 26, 2025
✓Apr 24, 2025
✓4 violations
- (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
- Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Apr 16, 2025
✕4 violations
- (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
- Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Mar 5, 2025
✓4 violations
- Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Feb 25, 2025
✕4 violations
- Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Jun 24, 2024
✓1 violation
- Controlling Pests (C)
Jun 6, 2024
✕1 violation
- Controlling Pests (C)
May 28, 2024
✕1 violation
- Controlling Pests (C)
May 15, 2024
✕5 violations
- (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
- Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Controlling Pests (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
May 2, 2024
✕4 violations
- (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
- Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
Jun 9, 2023
✓2 violations
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
May 23, 2023
✕2 violations
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
May 16, 2022
✓2 violations
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
May 9, 2022
✕2 violations
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Jul 13, 2021
✓Jan 6, 2020
✓11 violations
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Equipment and Utensils-Durability and Strength (C)
- CIP Equipment (C)
- Pressure Measuring Devices Mechanical Warewashing Equipment (C)
- Outdoor Storage Surface (C)
- Storage Areas Rooms and Receptacles Capacity and Availability (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Drying Mops (C)
Dec 16, 2019
✕11 violations
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
- Equipment and Utensils-Durability and Strength (C)
- CIP Equipment (C)
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Pressure Measuring Devices Mechanical Warewashing Equipment (C)
- Outdoor Storage Surface (C)
- Storage Areas Rooms and Receptacles Capacity and Availability (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Drying Mops (C)
Jan 3, 2019
✓2 violations
- Non-Food Contact Surfaces
- Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
Dec 27, 2018
✕2 violations
- Non-Food Contact Surfaces
- Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
Mar 9, 2018
✓
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