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Blind Bay Country Market - Deli & Chester's Chicken

2411 Golf Course Dr Blind Bay BC V0E 1H2 · Restaurant - Food Service

Official record from Interior Health →

Inspection summary

Blind Bay Country Market - Deli & Chester's Chicken has been inspected 3 times by Interior Health Authority since December 3, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 25, 2026, found no infractions.

1 of 3 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, Food temperature control and Handwashing and staff hygiene.

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 once on April 13, 2026. For example: 3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded once on December 3, 2024. For example: 2 Are proper temperature controls maintained to ensure safe storage and display of foods?

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded once on December 3, 2024. For example: 7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 13, 2026. For example: 1 Does the operator have a valid operating permit or approval to operate?

  • Other findingsLower risk

    Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.

    Recorded once on December 3, 2024. For example: 1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?

About this data

These results come from Interior 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.

3 inspections

  1. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  2. Monitoring

    2 infractions

    • F2.3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
      • Observation(s): Operator indicated bins for thawing chicken are sanitized by wiping with cloth dipped in sanitizer. For proper sanitizing the equipment must be submerged in sanitizer for a minimum of 30 seconds in 200ppm QUAT solution. Large equipment such as these bins can be sanitized in two steps, one side followed by the other.
    • F3.1 Does the operator have a valid operating permit or approval to operate?
      • Observation(s): Permit acquired previously is no longer valid under new name "Chester's Chicken".
  3. Monitoring

    4 infractions

    • F1.2 Are proper temperature controls maintained to ensure safe storage and display of foods?
      • Observation(s): Sandwich cooler was 7 °C. Move potential hazardous foods to a cooler operating at or below 4 °C until sandwich cooler is adjusted to maintain the proper temperature. TRUE cooler: 3.4 °C; domestic refrigerator: 4 °C; Chicken hot holding: 67 °C; sausage rolls: 65 °C.
      • F1.2B Potentially hazardous foods must be stored or displayed at a temperature of 4 °C (40 °F) or colder.
    • F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
      • Observation(s): Quat test strips are needed. Thermometers are provided in coolers and chicken hot holding unit. Operator also has probe thermometer for checking food temperatures.
      • F2.1A Sanitizer test strips must be available for each chemical sanitizer used at the premises.
    • F2.7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
      • Observation(s): Hand sink was obstructed by food equipment. Hand sink needs to be free of obstructions so that it accessible at all times for handwashing.
      • F2.7E Handwashing stations must remain accessible at all times.
    • F3.3 Are written food handling procedures (Food Safety Plan) current and available on site?
      • Observation(s): Food safety plan is missing some details.
      • F3.3A Operator must have written food handling procedures that includes all potentially hazardous foods on site.
      • F3.3C Written food handling procedures must identify all critical control points.
      • F3.3D Written food handling procedures must include critical limits for all critical control points.
      • F3.3E Written food handling procedures must include procedures to be followed to ensure adherence to the critical limits.
      • F3.3F Written food handling procedures must include the actions to be taken in the event the critical limits are not adhered to.

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