Bamfield Mercantile and Marine - Takeout
81 Boardwalk Trail, Bamfield, BC, V0R 3A0 · Food Premises
Inspection summary
Bamfield Mercantile and Marine - Takeout has been inspected once by Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority), on July 24, 2026. The most recent inspection, on July 24, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.
In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination.
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.
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded once on July 24, 2026. For example:
Food Not Protected - General
Permits, records and postingLower risk
Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.
Recorded once on July 24, 2026. For example:
Food Safety Plan/Sanitation Plan
About this data
These results come from Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority), 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.
1 inspection
- Routine
2 infractions
- Food Not Protected - General
- Facility was not equipped with chlorine test strips to confirm sanitizer concentration.
- Acquire chlorine test strips to validate the effective concentration of surface sanitizer. Send image to area EHO for confirmation.
- Food Safety Plan/Sanitation Plan
- Temperature logs for the facility haven't been regularly maintained since February 2026.
- Staff recorded the temperatures for today as per directive from area EHO. Start recording the temperatures for all cooler/freezer units twice daily. Template of temperature logs will be emailed. Comments Routine inspection conducted. Action items: - Regularly monitor and record the temperatures of all cooler and freezer units. Template of temperature logs will be emailed. - Acquire chlorine test strips to monitor the concentration of the bleach sanitizer. Comments: - 2-compartment sink equipped with wash bins for submersion. Sanitizer bucket registered at 200ppm chlorine residuals. Ware washing poster posted on the wall for 2-sink method. - Hand sinks fully equipped with hot/cold running water, liquid soap, and paper towels. - Sanitary storage of tongs on paper towels. - Staff upright freezer: -16.1°C. insert cooler registered: 3.9-4.1°C. - No evidence of pest activity observed onsite. - Staff onsite with valid FOODSAFE certification. Expiration date: October 26, 2028. - Back-up generator available in the case of power outages.
- Food Not Protected - General
Nearby inspected facilities
- Bamfield Mercantile & Marine - Store
81 Boardwalk Trail, Bamfield, BC, V0R 3A0
1 inspection