Holiday Inn Express & Suites
4721 49 Street Whitecourt AB T7S 1N5 · Food - General
Inspection summary
Holiday Inn Express & Suites has been inspected 7 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since January 23, 2024. The most recent inspection, on February 13, 2026, found no infractions.
4 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 0 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing.
The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. 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.
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 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 13, 2025. For example:
Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
About this data
These results come from Alberta Health Services (Environmental 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.
7 inspections
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Monitoring Inspection
1 infraction
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- Chlorine was not detected in the basin of the dish sanitizer after it was run. The bottle of chlorine bleach connected to the machine was last changed in February, so it was recommended that this be changed out, the machine primed and re-tested with the test strips onsite.
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Monitoring Inspection
1 infraction
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- The mechanical dish sanitizer was not pumping adequate chlorine into the tank when PHI was onsite. The chlorine bottle had an "opening" date of August 2024 on the top of it but was also still quite full, suggesting chlorine was not being pumped into the tank for quite some time.Please repair the dish sanitizer and ensure it is pumping chlorine into the wash tank. The concentration of chlorine after a cycle should be verified at least a couple times a week using appropriate (chlorine) test strips.Dishes must be manually sanitized in the sink in 200 ppm chlorine until mechanical sanitizer is fixed.
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- Monitoring Inspection
2 infractions
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
- Breakfast room attendant was using vinegar on surfaces in the seating area. Please note, vinegar is not an approved sanitizer as it has not been shown to be effective in eliminating bacteria.Attendant was advised to use bleach-water or QUAT based sanitizer as it is effective against bacteria and viruses and generally has a low contact time.
- 11. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Critical)?
- Dish sanitizer was not pumping enough chlorine into machine when PHI arrived.Bottle of chlorine was switched with another one and primed and the machine began working properly again. Please ensure staff are checking the chlorine concentration with test strips daily. It is recommended that the date the chlorine solution is changed also be written on the bottle.
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
- Monitoring Inspection
0 infractions