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Students at South Texas College’s Mid-Valley campus were shocked to learn their cafeteria is a dirty diner.

The Food Patrol paid a visit to the Weslaco campus Wednesday afternoon to find out who’s responsible for a dismal, demerit-filled inspection report.

Kitchen cops exposed 33 demerits during a health inspection report.

The violations on that inspection included off-temperature food like fajita, beef patties and chicken.

There was also expired bread.

One student at STC, who also worked at a restaurant, said he was horrified to hear things got so out-of-hand in the kitchen.

 “That’s pretty horrible,” Luis Dimas said.  “It’s expired food for a reason… cause you’re not supposed to eat it.”

The food manager, Sylvia Cavazos, admitted she was also mortified to see the high number of demerits that piled up inside her cafeteria.

 “I couldn’t believe it,” Cavazos said.

And while Cavazos owned up to many of the violations, there was one area of concern she said her kitchen was not at fault.

Click on the video link to find out what that was as we reveal “what’s not on the menu” in this week’s Food 4 Thought!

Weely Low Performer List: (total # of demerits)

Weslaco
STC’s Mid Valley Cafeteria (33) *expired food, off-temp. food*

Weekly Top Performer List: (0 demerits)

San Benito
Pizza Hut 1130 W Hwy 77
Jack in the Box 692 S Sam Houston
McDonald’s 1144 W Hwy 77
Blanquita’s #2 190 N Williams Rd

Brownsville
Ernie’s Hamburger 3001 E 30th St
Oyster Bar II 153 Paredes Line Rd

Palmview
Tortilleria Bertha FM 492 & Old 83

San Juan
El Rancho Grande 107 N Nebraska
Church’s 1412 N Raul Longoria

Mission
Mi Familia La Homa Rd near Mile 5

McAllen
Don Pepe’s 306 N McColl Rd
Billy’s BBQ 2018 Nolana

Weslaco
Cafecito’s 260 S Texas

Harlingen
El Rancho 206 N 77 Sunshine
Taqueria Jalisco 621 S Commerce
El Taquito 305 N 1st
Burger King 1921 W Tyler
Lone Star 4201 W Business 83
The Pizzeria 1610 E Tyler

Donna
Burger King 807 Frontage Rd