A Step Ahead Childcare Centre - Food
105 - 53073 Range Road 222 Ardrossan AB T8E 0B7 · Food - General
Inspection summary
A Step Ahead Childcare Centre - Food has been inspected 7 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since November 10, 2023. The most recent inspection, on February 18, 2026, found no infractions.
6 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing.
The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk
Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.
Recorded 2 times on January 21, 2026. For example:
Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
About this data
These results come from Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health), which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
7 inspections
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Demand Inspection
2 infractions
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
- The sanitizer solution in the kitchen measured 1000 ppm Chlorine residual.This was corrected by preparing a 100 ppm chlorine residual sanitizer solution.
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- After multiple runs the high temperature dishwasher was only able to achieve a temperature of 63 degrees Celsius at the plate level.Operator will manually sanitize all dishes, utensils and equipment in 100 ppm Chlorine until dishwasher is repaired and reaching a minimum temperature of 71 degrees Celsius at the plate level.
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions
- Initial Inspection
0 infractions