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Frontier Farwest Fishing Lodge

1275 Raymond Road, Smithers, V0J 2N6 · Restaurant

Official record from Northern Health →

Inspection summary

Frontier Farwest Fishing Lodge has been inspected once by Northern Health Authority, on October 1, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 1, 2024, recorded 2 infractions.

No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination and Cleaning and sanitizing.

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 once on October 1, 2024. For example: 209 - Food not protected from contamination [s. 12(a)]

  • 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 October 1, 2024. For example: 302 - Critical Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not properly washed and sanitized [s. 17(2)]

About this data

These results come from Northern Health Authority, 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.

1 inspection

  1. Routine Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 209 - Food not protected from contamination [s. 12(a)]
      • Observation: Raw meat is stored above ready to eat foods and produce. Observed large package of raw ground beef stored above baked bread products on a large steel rack within the walk-in refrigerator. Contact with and dripping fluids from raw foods can contaminate other items and lead to food borne illness.
      • Corrective Action: Operator to ensure that all raw meat products are stored below and isolated away from ready to eat items and produce within the walk-in refrigerator to prevent cross-contamination and reduce the overall risk of potential foodborne illness.
    • 302 - Critical Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not properly washed and sanitized [s. 17(2)]
      • Observation: No active sanitizer detected in sanitizer containers or spray bottles. Operator verbally indicated the food contact surface sanitizer solution consists of 2 tbsp of rubbing alcohol, dish soap and diluted water and does not meet regulatory requirements. Sanitizing solutions must be strong enough to destroy bacteria on surfaces to prevent the contamination of staff, clients or food on contact with the improperly cleaned surface. Environmental health officer provided sanitizing solution dilution information to the operator at time of inspection and additional resources to operator will be emailed with the inspection report.
      • Corrective Action: Operator to ensure and change sanitizing solutions as required to always maintain an effective concentration (200 ppm unscented bleach, 200 ppm QUAT) at all times while the food premise is in operation to destroy bacteria on surfaces to prevent the contamination of staff, clients or food on contact with the improperly cleaned surface and reduce the risk of cross contamination resulting in potential foodborne illness.

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