Food Time
4 1660 Kingston Rd, Pickering ON L1V 5R2 · Food Safety Inspections
Inspection summary
Food Time has been inspected 5 times by Durham Region Health Department since December 3, 2024. The most recent inspection, on September 16, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
None of the 5 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 6 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination, Chemicals and toxic substances and Cleaning and sanitizing.
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.
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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on September 16, 2026. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
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 March 25, 2026. For example:
Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
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 November 7, 2025. For example:
Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on March 25, 2026. For example:
Walls clean and in good repair
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.
Recorded once on April 4, 2025. For example:
Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
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.
5 inspections
- Routine
1 infraction
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
- Operator to ensure all food is properly stored, displayed, transported and served to prevent contamination
- Operator to ensure all foods are covered in storage
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- Routine
2 infractions
- Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
- * Fail to use equipment/utensils/dishes/food containers/multi-service articles in good repair (i.e. free from cracks/crevices/chips/open seams)
- Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces/equipment/utensils/multi-service articles are made of materials that can be readily cleaned and sanitized
- Walls clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure walls of food premise kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure walls of food premise are maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
- Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
- Routine
3 infractions
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Observed potentially hazardous food not covered to prevent contamination / adulteration
- Operator to ensure all foods are covered in storage
- Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
- * Fail to ensure food contact surfaces are cleaned & sanitized after each use or as often as necessary
- Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces are properly cleaned & sanitized
- Ceilings clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure ceiling of food premise kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure ceiling of the food premise is maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- Routine
2 infractions
- Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
- * Food handlers fail to wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
- Food handlers must wash hands after they are contaminated and before handling food
- Operator to wash hands before putting on disposable gloves
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- * Fail to use basin only for hand washing of employees
- Operator to ensure designated hand washing basin is only used for hand washing
- Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
- Routine
1 infraction
- Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
- * Fail to maintain utensils, multi-service articles and/or food contact surfaces in a clean and sanitary manner and/or in good repair
- Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces, utensils and/or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized after each use and are maintained in good repair
- Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
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