Kitchen cops made a shocking discovery inside the kitchen area of a Weslaco Stripes convenience store.
A health report indicated dead mice were found at the Stripes location on 1919 West Highway 83.
The city’s chief health inspector told the Food Patrol that rodent droppings and urine were found on bags of candy, chips and dry products in storage.
The business was busted with 48 demerits on an initial health inspection and ordered shutdown.
The inspector called the violations a “health hazard.”
The kitchen remained closed for nearly 48 hours.
Several re-inspections took place before the all-clear was given by the city health department.
But the kitchen at Stripes isn’t out of the woods just yet.
The chief inspector said he would be keeping a close eye on the business to ensure public health safety.
Click on the video link see the good, the bad and the dirty dining in this week’s Food 4 Thought.
Weekly Low Performer List: (total # of demerits)
Weslaco
Stripes 1919 W Hwy 83 (48, 12) *Shutdown, Dead Mice*
Frontier Café 3022 E Business 83 (36) *Expired Bread, Off Temp. Foods*
Brownsville
Taqueria Siberia 2203 Central Blvd (37) *8 Ticket Warnings for Violations*
Weekly Top Performer List: (0 demerits)
Brownsville
Taco Palenque Sunrise Mall
Harlingen
Applebee’s 1519 W Harrison
Subway 621 N 13th
Logan’s 2809 W Business 83
Tila’s 902 Dixieland Rd
San Juan
Little Caesar’s 106 FM 495
Subway 106 FM 495
Taqueria Rios N. Raul Longoria
Mission
Café Renee’s 2600 E Griffin Pkwy
Burger King 2414 E Exp 83
Chili’s 2419 E Exp 83
Burger King 2301 N Conway
TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files forKGBT