CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries, and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year.
According to the department, “There are three types of violations: priority, priority foundation and core.”
While the department of health is looking for deficiencies, the organization’s main goal is to educate businesses, helping them understand unsafe practices and ways to correct them.
According to the program manager for Environmental Health in Natrona County, “There is no sliding scale or a pass or failing of a health inspection.” Every violation is either fixed immediately or within 10 days, meaning that a violation does not make the business unsafe.
If a re-inspection is required, the issue might have been more severe or the facility required more time to fix it. They have 10 days to fix the issue, and according to Heald most facilities can easily meet the requirement.
Any serious violations or notable quotes will be included in summary notes below, but the full report for each restaurant can be found at the department’s website, where it publishes all of its current information.
May 1, 2023
Holiday Inn Express Food Service
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Very neat, clean and organized facility.”
Kitchen Social LLC
Violations: 2 (1 priority, 2 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Reminder to spread out hot foods into thin layers within shallow pans to cool when not using cooling wand. Turn on Traulsen coolers earlier before storing foods. Also monitor Traulsen coolers and verify temperatures before loading foods inside.”
Lincoln Elementary School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Have 2 hand sinks and a 3-compartment sink. Able to obtain a food license. No problems noted.”
Starbucks Coffee North Center #21239
Violations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “When tested, no sanitizer or a low concentration of chemical sanitizer was found in the wiping cloth bucket storing wiping cloths used on food contact surfaces.”
May 2, 2023
Ash Premium Cigar, The
Violations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Reminder to label anything out of the original container. Move foods to top shelf in the back cooling unit so they stay at temperature. Very neat, clean and organized facility.”
Fort Caspar School Kitchen
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Loaf ‘N Jug #127
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Facility is much neater, cleaner and more organized. Floor sink faucet replaced and backflow preventer is good. Work on bottom shelf inside your cabinets under the counters. They may be stained and may not come out. Try magic eraser as it has worked on coffee stains in other facilities.”
Southridge Elementary School
Violations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “One sanitizing bucket was good (100 ppm) and one was low (50 ppm). Corrected. Test strips for checking the sanitizer concentration are expired but only by 2 months. Please purchase new test strips.”
Village Inn – Downtown
Violations: 6
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Unwrapped pies under oven and by ice cream cooler.”
May 3, 2023
Centennial Jr. High School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Very neat, clean and organized facility. Excellent processes and procedures in place.”
Domino’s Pizza Centennial Court
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Very neat, clean and organized facility. Pizza oven will be due soon for an in-depth cleaning. Manager states they take the roller plates off and power wash them outside.”
Verda James Elementary School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Make sure to clean the can opener blade daily at the end of the last service.”
Wyoming Vapor Company
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
May 4, 2023
Hangry Dog, The
Violations: 1 (corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Do not reheat in the soup warmer as it is not designed for reheating. Instead, reheat in a pot on the stove. Food must reach 165F within 2 hours. See folder for signed copy of the report.”
University Park Elementary School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “No sanitizer was in use during the inspection. Concentration needs to be 100 ppm.”
May 5, 2023
Hardee’s East
Violations: 5 (2 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Walk-in cooler temperature is running warm at approximately 44 degrees F. Temperature should be monitored closely to ensure unit is not failing. Repair gap under door and keep doors closed whenever not obtaining or delivering product. If temperature rises further or repairing door/keeping doors closed does not resolve temperature issue, relocate all foods to functioning cooling units. Have walk-in unit serviced immediately.”
Johnny O’s (CY Discount Liquor)
Violations: 1 (priority)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “No hand soap or paper towels available at bar.”
Poison Spider Elementary School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Make sure to clean both can opener blades at the end of the day’s service.”
