BILL'S IMPORTED FOODS
721 LAKE ST W, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected May 29, 2025
Official source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.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 3 inspections on record for BILL'S IMPORTED FOODS, spanning November 2023 to May 2025 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
The trend is positive: it improved from failed at the previous visit to passed now.
The most recent inspection noted 2 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
May 29, 2025
✓2 violations
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
May 15, 2025
✕17 violations
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared in a processing plant and held for more than 24 hours once opened. Day one is the day the food was opened.
- Label all food packages as required by the law.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- Clean food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils used for TCS foods at least every four hours.
- Keep poisonous or toxic materials away from food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service items.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- Discontinue using restricted-use pesticides that do not meet the requirements of 40 CFR 152, subpart 152, subpart A section 152.1.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Food employees must wash their hands after: using the toilet; coughing or sneezing; using a handkerchief or disposable tissue; using tobacco; eating or drinking; handling soiled equipment or utensils; caring for or handling service animals or fish in an aquarium, molluscan shellfish or crustacea in a display tank; as frequently as necessary during food preparation to remove soil, contamination, and to prevent cross-contamination when changing food preparation tasks; when switching between working with raw food and working with RTE food; before donning gloves for working with food; and touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean exposed portions of arms.
- The person in charge must make sure employees follow proper food safety procedures, including: • Proper handwashing • Preventing cross-contamination from bare hands • Proper cooking of TCS foods • Proper cooling of TCS foods • Proper hot and cold temperatures of TCS foods • Preventing plumbing cross connections • Properly sanitizing equipment and utensils
- Rinse washed utensils and equipment with water to remove abrasives or cleaning chemicals before sanitizing or use an approved detergent-sanitizer procedure.
- Use only chemical sanitizers on food-contact surfaces that meet Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations requirements: • Part 180, section 180.940 • Part 180, subpart E, section 180.2020
Nov 1, 2023
✕8 violations
- The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared in a processing plant and held for more than 24 hours once opened. Day one is the day the food was opened.
- Label all food packages as required by the law.
- Keep non-food contact equipment surfaces clean.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
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Source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.
