Caressant Care Nursing Home
710 Reserve Avenue S, Listowel ON N4W 2L1 · Institutional Food Services
Inspection summary
Caressant Care Nursing Home has been inspected 11 times by Huron Perth Public Health since February 23, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 18, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.
3 of 11 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 5 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Protecting food from contamination and Food temperature control.
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 9 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on November 13, 2025. For example:
Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
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 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 22, 2025. For example:
Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 18, 2026. For example:
Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale at an internal temperature of 4°C or lower or 60°C or higher
Chemicals and toxic substancesHigher risk
Cleaning products, sanitizers and pesticides must be labelled and stored away from food and food-contact surfaces. Inspectors flag chemicals that could end up in food, as well as pest treatments applied without proper supervision.
Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 22, 2025. For example:
Equipment and utensils are corrosion-resistant, non-toxic, free from cracks, crevices, and open seams
Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk
Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.
Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 18, 2026. For example:
Walls and ceilings are readily cleanable in sanitary condition, maintained clean and in good repair
About this data
These results come from Huron Perth 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.
11 inspections
- Required
2 infractions
- Walls and ceilings are readily cleanable in sanitary condition, maintained clean and in good repair
- Food premise not maintained with walls in good repair in food-handling room
- Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale at an internal temperature of 4°C or lower or 60°C or higher
- Stored potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4°C and 60°C
- Walls and ceilings are readily cleanable in sanitary condition, maintained clean and in good repair
- Required
1 infraction
- Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale at an internal temperature of 4°C or lower or 60°C or higher
- Stored potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4°C and 60°C
- Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale at an internal temperature of 4°C or lower or 60°C or higher
- Required
2 infractions
- Walls and ceilings are readily cleanable in sanitary condition, maintained clean and in good repair
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Follow-up
0 infractions
- Required
6 infractions
- Floors are tight, smooth, non-absorbent and maintained clean and in good repair
- Food premise not maintained with clean floors in food-handling room
- Equipment, utensils, and multi-service articles are of sound and tight construction, in good repair, can be readily cleaned and sanitized and suitable for intended purpose
- Used utensils not in good repair
- Equipment and utensils are corrosion-resistant, non-toxic, free from cracks, crevices, and open seams
- Used utensils not free from cracks in contact with food
- Used utensils not free from crevices in contact with food
- Utensils other than multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to clean utensils as often as necessary
- Failed to sanitize utensils as often as necessary
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface sanitized as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface sanitized as necessary
- Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
- Failed to protect food from contamination or adulteration
- Floors are tight, smooth, non-absorbent and maintained clean and in good repair
- Required
2 infractions
- Equipment, utensils, and multi-service articles are of sound and tight construction, in good repair, can be readily cleaned and sanitized and suitable for intended purpose
- Used food equipment not in good repair
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface sanitized as necessary
- Equipment, utensils, and multi-service articles are of sound and tight construction, in good repair, can be readily cleaned and sanitized and suitable for intended purpose
- Follow-up
0 infractions
- Required
4 infractions
- Single-service containers and articles stored in a manner and place to prevent contamination
- Food premise maintained in manner to permit contamination of single-service containers
- Equipment and utensils are corrosion-resistant, non-toxic, free from cracks, crevices, and open seams
- Used equipment not free from cracks in contact with food
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface sanitized as necessary
- Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
- Failed to protect food from contamination or adulteration
- Single-service containers and articles stored in a manner and place to prevent contamination
- Required
1 infraction
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface sanitized as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface sanitized as necessary
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Follow-up
0 infractions
- Required
2 infractions
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface cleaned as necessary
- Failed to ensure equipment surface sanitized as necessary
- Failed to ensure facility surface sanitized as necessary
- Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
- Failed to protect food from contamination or adulteration
- Surfaces of equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary
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