Kimbap Foods - "Kootenay Kimchi"
2305 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 2X3 · Food Manufacturing - Food Processing
Inspection summary
Kimbap Foods - "Kootenay Kimchi" has been inspected 2 times by Interior Health Authority since November 4, 2022. The most recent inspection, on April 15, 2026, found no infractions.
1 of 2 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: 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 once on November 4, 2022. For example:
5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
Other findingsLower risk
Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.
Recorded once on November 4, 2022. For example:
1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
About this data
These results come from Interior 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.
2 inspections
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
2 infractions
- F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
- Observation(s): Test strips for chlorine sanitizer were not available on site
- F2.1A Sanitizer test strips must be available for each chemical sanitizer used at the premises.
- F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
- Observation(s): Shatterproof covers missing from lights in food prep and food storage areas.
- F2.5J Artificial lighting must have shatterproof covers or shatterproof bulbs.
- F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
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