Kelsey's
2025 419 King St W, Oshawa ON L1J 2H9 · Food Safety Inspections
Inspection summary
Kelsey's has been inspected 8 times by Durham Region Health Department since December 11, 2024. The most recent inspection, on June 22, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.
1 of 8 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 8 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Food temperature control, Protecting food from contamination and Chemicals and toxic substances.
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.
Food temperature controlHigher risk
Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.
Recorded 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on June 22, 2026. For example:
Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 13, 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 20, 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 March 20, 2026. For example:
Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
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 January 13, 2026. For example:
Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
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.
8 inspections
- Routine
2 infractions
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- * Fail to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or less
- Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- 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
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- Complaint
3 infractions
- 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
- 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 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 wiping cloths are handled properly (sanitizing solution used)
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- Routine
3 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 raw foods stored above cooked / ready-to-eat foods
- Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
- 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
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- Re-Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine & Complaint
2 infractions
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- Potentially hazardous foods observed at an internal temperature above 4° C (40°F)
- Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- 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 adjust or repair the malfunctioning cooler immediately. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in the malfunctioning unit until it is able to maintain hazardous foods at 4° C or lower
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- Routine
4 infractions
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- * Fail to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or less
- Potentially hazardous foods observed at an internal temperature above 4° C (40°F)
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Observed raw foods stored above cooked / ready-to-eat foods
- Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
- 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 adjust or repair the malfunctioning cooler immediately. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in the malfunctioning unit until it is able to maintain hazardous foods at 4° C or lower
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floor of food-handling room kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- Routine
2 infractions
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- * Fail to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or less
- Operator to conduct internal temperature checks of potentially hazardous foods
- Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- 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 adjust or repair the malfunctioning cooler immediately. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in the malfunctioning unit until it is able to maintain hazardous foods at 4° C or lower
- Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
- Routine
1 infraction
- 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
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
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