Scarborough food court restaurant shut down by health inspectors

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A Scarborough restaurant was ordered to close for one major infraction while a sushi place in Etobicoke received 15 infractions but remains open.

Hong Food Kitchen, located inside Malvern Town Centre at 31 Tapscott Rd., was forced to close its doors on Tuesday for being “maintained in manner permitting health hazard,” Toronto Public Health (TPH) reported.

Inspectors issued a summons and health hazard order, pending on Thursday.

Hong Food Kitchen typically serves up Hakka cuisine, including chilli chicken, chow mein and their popular Manchurian mixed fried rice.

The Toronto Sun reached out to DineSafe but did not hear back by the time of publication.

Over in the west end, Hi Na, located at 769 The Queensway, received 15 infractions on Wednesday — four crucial violations, seven significant, three minor, and one in the “other” category, according to TPH.

The Japanese restaurant, which specializes in fresh sushi, teriyaki and udon, received a conditional pass and remains open to the public.

The “crucial” infractions were failing to ensure food handlers washed their hands as necessary to prevent contamination of food and failing to protect food from contamination or adulteration.

It also stored potentially hazardous foods at internal temperatures between 4 C and 60 C and its single-service containers were maintained in a manner that allows for contamination.

Three of the seven “significant” infractions involved the hand-washing stations, from not providing adequate supplies such as hot and cold water, as well as soap and paper towels, and using a hand-washing station for something other than for the hand-washing of employees.

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It also failed to keep a toxic substance in a compartment separate from the food, did not provide equipment for cleaning and sanitizing utensils as required and failed to keep the sanitary facility sanitary.

The three “minor” infractions all pertained to the food-handling room, specifically not keeping it in sanitary condition, not maintained with a non-absorbent floor surface, and keeping it free from equipment not regularly used.

The “other” violation was its failure to ensure food-handling training was completed by a food handler or supervisor.

A detailed list of infractions at Toronto restaurants can be found on DineSafe.