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BILL'S IMPORTED FOODS

721 LAKE ST W, Minneapolis, MN

Last inspected May 29, 2025

Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.

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Inspection history

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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. Data shown unmodified from the official record. See something wrong? Report a data issue.