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The Victoria City-County Health Department and its sister organization, the Crossroads Public Health District, inspect places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.

In the inspection reports, each violation in the Food Temperature/Time Requirements category is 5 demerits; in the Personnel/Handling/Source Requirements category, 4 demerits; and in the Facility and Equipment Requirements, 3 demerits. Zero is a perfect score while 100 demerits is the worst possible score.

Each Wednesday, the Advocate publishes inspection results from the previous week. All demerits are reported, but only those in the categories of Food Temperature/Time Requirements and Personnel/Handling/Source Requirements are detailed.

Food service inspections for the week ending April 18

2202 N. Navarro St. in victoria. Demerits: 31. Need to use lids and straws on employee drinks, need to cover food in cooler, cross-contamination or raw and cooked foods, need to use approved date labeling system. Five facility or equipment violations.

Dragon Palace, 5223 N. Navarro St. in Victoria. Demerits: 25. Inadequate hand washing, need to use hand sink for designated use only, need to cover food in cooler, cross-contamination of raw and cooked foods. Three facility or equipment violations.

Crain Middle School, 2706 N. Azalea St. in Victoria. Demerits: 24. Need to use proper labeling on snacks, need to keep produce covered, cross-contamination of raw and cooked foods. Four facility or equipment violations.

Mexico Tipico, 421 N. Virginia St. in Port Lavaca. Demerits: 22. Need to wash hands in hand sink only, need cover food in cooler and freezer, improper handling of ready-to-eat foods, need to use approved date labeling system. Two facility or equipment violations.

Taqueria la Parilla, 737 N. state Highway 35 in Port Lavaca. Demerits: 17. Need to use lids and straws on employee drinks, insufficient hot water in hand sink. Three facility or equipment violations.

Memorial High School Stroman Campus, 3002 E. North St. in Victoria. Demerits: 15. Inadequate hand washing, need to label snacks properly, improper handling of ready-to-eat foods. One facility or equipment violation.

KB’s Barbecue and Texas Grillhouse, 1002 N. Navarro St. in Victoria. Demerits: 14. Inadequate hand washing, improper handling of ready-to-eat foods. Two facility or equipment violations.

Fuzzy’s One Stop, 4717 state Highway 35 in Palacios. Demerits: 11. Need to discard expired medication, improper handling of ready-to-eat foods. One facility or equipment violation.

Firehouse Barbecue,3752 N. state Highway 35 in Palacios. Demerits: 10. Need to use approved date labeling system. Two facility or equipment violations.

Little Ceasar’s Pizza,5309 N. Navarro St. in Victoria. Demerits: 10. Need to use lids and straws on employee drinks. Two facility or equipment violations.

145 N. state Highway 35 in Port Lavaca. Demerits: 9. Three facility or equipment violations.

Sky Restaurant, 236 Foster Field Drive in Victoria. Demerits: 8. Cross-contamination or raw and cooked foods, inadequate hot water supply in the restroom.

Patti Welder School, 1604 North Street in Victoria, Dairy Queen, 1205 N. Virginia St. in Victoria, corner of Larmar and Wood St. in Point Comfort, Northside Baptist School, 4100 N. Laurent in Victoria. Demerits: 3.

Busy Bee, 1111 W. Austin St. in Port Lavaca, Calhoun High School, 201 Sandcrab Boulevard in Port Lavaca, Head Start Kitchen, 2202 Terrace Avenue, in Victoria, 306 E. Commercial St. in Victoria. Demerits: 0.

Re-Inspections

M and M Pinto Bean, 202 E. Rio Grande St. in Victoria inspected March 28, with 34 demerits. Re-inspected April 10, continuing to work on violations.