Crown Pizza and Wings
165 Simcoe St S, Oshawa ON L1H 4G8 · Food Safety Inspections
Inspection summary
Crown Pizza and Wings has been inspected 7 times by Durham Region Health Department since December 16, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 13, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.
2 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 7 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Chemicals and toxic substances and Pests.
Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
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 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on May 5, 2026. For example:
Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
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 November 27, 2025. For example:
Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
PestsHigher risk
Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.
Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on June 9, 2025. For example:
Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
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 June 9, 2025. For example:
Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
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 June 9, 2025. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
About this data
These results come from Durham Region Health Department, 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.
7 inspections
- Routine
2 infractions
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- * Fail to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
- Operator to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- Routine
3 infractions
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to use proper wash/rinse/sanitize technique
- Operator to ensure the proper wash/rinse/sanitize dishwashing technique is applied
- Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
- * Fail to ensure sanitizing solution contains the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength of sanitizer
- Operator to ensure sanitizing solution contain the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength for sanitizing
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Routine
2 infractions
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
- Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- Re-Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine
6 infractions
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- * Fail to provide adequate supplies (single-use towels, soap in a dispenser) for the hand washing basin in the food preparation area
- Operator to ensure hand washing basins are adequately supplied
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Observed scoops/utensils not being stored in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
- Operator to ensure scoops/utensils are stored and maintained in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
- Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Sanitary maintenance of and provision of required supplies in staff / public washroom facilities
- * Fail to equip facility with a method of hand drying that uses single-service towels or a hot air dryer
- Operator to ensure the washroom facilities are properly supplied with soap/detergent, single-service towels or hot air dryer, toilet paper and hot and cold running water
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- * Fail to prevent the entrance of insect / rodent / pest
- * Evidence of pests observed
- Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
- Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- Re-Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine & Complaint
4 infractions
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- * Fail to provide a minimum of 1 certified food handler per hour of operation
- Operator to ensure a minimum of 1 certified food handler is present during every hour of operation
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to use proper wash/rinse/sanitize technique
- Operator to ensure the proper wash/rinse/sanitize dishwashing technique is applied
- Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
- * Fail to ensure sanitizing solution contains the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength of sanitizer
- Operator to ensure sanitizing solution contain the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength for sanitizing
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- * Fail to maintain a written record of pest control measures taken for 1 year
- * Fail to prevent the entrance of insect / rodent / pest
- * Evidence of pests observed
- Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
- Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
- Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
- Provide proof of contract with licensed pest control operator to control and remove insect/pest infestation
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
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