Gowlland Harbour Resort
823 Gowlland Harbour Road, Quathiaski Cove, BC, V0P 1N0 · Food Premises
Inspection summary
Gowlland Harbour Resort has been inspected once by Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority), on September 23, 2026. The most recent inspection, on September 23, 2026, recorded 4 infractions.
In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 4 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: 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.
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 on September 23, 2026. For example:
Food Not Protected - General
Permits, records and postingLower risk
Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.
Recorded 2 times on September 23, 2026. For example:
Food Safety Plan/Sanitation Plan
About this data
These results come from Island Health (Vancouver Island 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
- Routine
4 infractions
- Food Not Protected - General
- - Bar counter cooler above 4°celsius during inspection. Ensure rapidly returning to 4°celsius or correct.
- Food Not Protected - General
- Improve cleaning of meat slicer (back side) before storage and after each production run
- Food Safety Plan/Sanitation Plan
- - Food Safety Plan needs to be updated to include plans for Raw Oysters including customer notice, all menu items smoked including approval at where / how smoker is setup for use and dehydrating.
- - Provide planning in 90 days
- Food Safety Plan/Sanitation Plan
- -Improve written monitoring logs to include numbers observed during checks and include dishwasher sanitizing and surface sanitizer audits.
- Comments Routine Inspection; - General sanitation in compliance. - Hand wash station in compliance. - Surface sanitizer in compliance, 200m - 400 parts per million QUAT. - Dishwasher sanitizing at 180°farenheit, took 3 plus runs from cold to get to temperature, ensure always getting to temperature for each run of dishes. - Temperatures in compliance.
- Food Not Protected - General
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