Community Living Elgin
2 Curtis St, St Thomas ON N5P 1H4 · Community Kitchen
Inspection summary
Community Living Elgin has been inspected 3 times by Southwestern Public Health since October 1, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 1, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
None of the 3 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and 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.
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 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 1, 2026. For example:
Acceptable sanitizing method and testing
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 November 18, 2025. For example:
Food protected from contamination and adulteration
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 October 1, 2024. For example:
All food is processed in a manner that makes the food safe to eat
About this data
These results come from Southwestern 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.
3 inspections
- Required
1 infraction
- Acceptable sanitizing method and testing
- Required
1 infraction
- Food protected from contamination and adulteration
- separate raw and ready-to-eat foods during storage and handling
- Food protected from contamination and adulteration
- Required
3 infractions
- Acceptable sanitizing method and testing
- ensure that the method of sanitization is appropriate.
- provide a test reagent for determining the concentration of sanitizer where the sanitizing operation takes place
- Sanitizing food contact surfaces and equipment
- ensure that the method of sanitization is appropriate
- provide a test reagent for determining the concentration of sanitizer where the sanitizing operation takes place
- All food is processed in a manner that makes the food safe to eat
- ensure safe internal cooking temperature of potentially hazardous food
- Acceptable sanitizing method and testing
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