CRAZY PHO YOU
696 BRONSON AVENUE OTTAWA ON K1S 4G2 · Food Safety
Inspection summary
CRAZY PHO YOU has been inspected 9 times by Ottawa Public Health since March 4, 2024. The most recent inspection, on July 24, 2026, recorded 6 infractions.
2 of 9 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 4 inspections with 22 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Food temperature control, Protecting food from contamination and Cleaning and sanitizing.
Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.
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.
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 8 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on July 24, 2026. For example:
Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
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 4 separate inspections, most recently on July 24, 2026. For example:
All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration.
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 3 separate inspections, most recently on April 17, 2026. For example:
Multi-service utensils shall be cleaned and sanitized after each use.
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 December 2, 2025. For example:
Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature.
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 February 25, 2025. For example:
Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations.
About this data
These results come from Ottawa 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.
9 inspections
- Required
6 infractions
- Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- The floors, walls and ceilings of every room where food is prepared, processed, packaged, served, transported, manufactured, handled, sold, offered for sale or displayed must be kept clean and in good repair.
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
- For further information, please visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca; Search phrase: Certified Food Handler Training
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- The equipment used for refrigeration or hot-holding of potentially hazardous foods contains accurate indicating thermometers that can be easily read.
- Provide refrigeration units with accurate indicating thermometers that may be easily read.
- Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale in which the internal temperature is at 4°C (40°F) or lower or 60°C (140°F) or higher.
- Keep potentially hazardous foods at an internal temperature of 4°C (40°F) or lower.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration.
- Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- Follow-up
5 infractions
- The levels of illumination required are maintained in the food premise during all hours of operation.
- Maintain the levels of illumination required under Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) during all hours of operation.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- The floor or floor coverings must be tight, smooth and non-absorbent.
- Every room in the premise where food is prepared, processed, packaged, served, transported, manufactured, handled, sold, offered for sale or displayed must be kept free from materials and equipment not regularly used in the room.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
- Provide a mechanical dishwasher constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water clean at all times and maintaining a temperature not lower than 60°C or higher than 71°C.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
- For further information, please visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca; Search phrase: Certified Food Handler Training
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration.
- Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- The levels of illumination required are maintained in the food premise during all hours of operation.
- Required
7 infractions
- The levels of illumination required are maintained in the food premise during all hours of operation.
- Maintain the levels of illumination required under Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) during all hours of operation.
- Garbage and wastes, including liquid wastes, are collected and removed from the food premise as often as is necessary to maintain the premise in a sanitary condition.
- Collect and remove garbage and wastes as often as necessary from the food premise in order to maintain it in a sanitary condition.
- Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- The floor or floor coverings must be tight, smooth and non-absorbent.
- Every room in the premise where food is prepared, processed, packaged, served, transported, manufactured, handled, sold, offered for sale or displayed must be kept free from materials and equipment not regularly used in the room.
- Multi-service utensils shall be cleaned and sanitized after each use.
- Clean and sanitize utensils other than multi-service articles as often as necessary to maintain them in a clean and sanitary condition.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
- Provide a mechanical dishwasher constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water clean at all times and maintaining a temperature not lower than 60°C or higher than 71°C.
- Provide a mechanical dishwasher constructed, designed and maintained to provide a sanitizing rinse using a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
- For further information, please visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca; Search phrase: Certified Food Handler Training
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration.
- Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
- The levels of illumination required are maintained in the food premise during all hours of operation.
- Required
4 infractions
- The surfaces of equipment and facilities other than utensils that come in direct contact with food are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary condition.
- Clean and sanitize the surfaces of equipment and facilities as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary conditions.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
- Provide a mechanical dishwasher constructed, designed and maintained to provide a sanitizing rinse using a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million.
- Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature.
- Sanitize utensils in a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million of available chlorine at a temperature not lower than 24°C for at least 45 seconds.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- The surfaces of equipment and facilities other than utensils that come in direct contact with food are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary condition.
- Required
2 infractions
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale in which the internal temperature is at 4°C (40°F) or lower or 60°C (140°F) or higher.
- Keep potentially hazardous foods at an internal temperature of 60°C or higher.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Complaint
0 infractions
- Follow-up
0 infractions
- Required
6 infractions
- Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations.
- Provide an adequate number of hand washing stations that are maintained and kept adequately supplied and that are situated for convenient access by food handlers.
- Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- The surfaces of equipment and facilities other than utensils that come in direct contact with food are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary condition.
- Clean and sanitize the surfaces of equipment and facilities as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary conditions.
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to provide clean wash water at the proper temperature, and a sanitizing rinse.
- Provide a mechanical dishwasher constructed, designed and maintained to provide a sanitizing rinse using a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million.
- Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating.
- Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
- For further information, please visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca; Search phrase: Certified Food Handler Training
- All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration.
- Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
- Failure to comply may result in legal action.
- Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations.
- Routine inspection
1 infraction
- Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature.
- Sanitize utensils in a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million of available chlorine at a temperature not lower than 24°C for at least 45 seconds.
- Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature.
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