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Wednesday, October 17, 2012  China Café on 4713 North 10th Street in McAllen is caught with roaches for the third time since 2008, but it’s a dog discovered at another dirty diner that becomes a first on Food 4 Thought.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Kitchen cops in Hidalgo County ordered a mobile taco stand closed after it was discovered in operation without proper refrigeration for food. Taqueria El Pio off Jackson Road near Dicker, in the area South of Pharr, scored 31 demerits on a health inspection report.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  The Food Patrol would have awarded all top performer stickers this week if not for the sole dirty tortilleria in Brownsville.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  A Weslaco meat market may have a new name but the location continues to rack up high demerits on health reports.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011  The Food Patrol exposed continued health code violations at Taqueria La Deligencia in Alamo.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  A public complaint about a hair and roach in food at a Brownsville restaurant led inspectors to this week's dirtiest kitchen.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  A restaurant in San Juan may have scored 25 demerits on a health report, but the owner says his kitchen proves otherwise.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011  Call it a big but disgusting find for kitchen cops in Brownsville. An eatery is busted with rodent droppings “all over” the kitchen area.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  A restaurant in Pharr racked up high demerits after an inspector found foods uncovered in the freezer along with other health code violations.