Marar Orchards - Kitchen
3409 Hwy 3 Creston BC V0B 1G1 · Community Kitchen - Food Processing
Inspection summary
Marar Orchards - Kitchen has been inspected 2 times by Interior Health Authority since July 15, 2025. The most recent inspection, on June 12, 2026, recorded 3 infractions.
None of the 2 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 3 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene 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.
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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on June 12, 2026. For example:
7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
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 June 12, 2026. For example:
3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
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 June 12, 2026. 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
3 infractions
- F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
- Observation(s): Facility did not have sanitizer test strips on site to verify the concentration of sanitizer used for manual dishwashing or for wiping food contact surfaces. As facility is using bleach as the sanitizer, please obtain chlorine test strips as soon as possible to verify the concentration meets the legislative requirements.
- F2.1A Sanitizer test strips must be available for each chemical sanitizer used at the premises.
- F2.3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
- Observation(s): No sanitizer solution was on site at the time of the inspection. The employees on site prepared a 200ppm bleach/water solution in a bucket with a wiping cloth stored in it for sanitizing food contact surfaces. Corrected during the inspection.
- F2.3D Sanitizer solution must be available and kept at the correct levels for adequate sanitizing action.
- F2.7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
- Observation(s): Paper towel dispenser was empty during the inspection. Refill dispenser as soon as possible.
- F2.7C Handwashing station must be supplied with single-service product for drying hands.
- F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
- Monitoring
1 infraction
- F2.7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
- Observation(s): Liquid soap and paper towel were not present next to the handwashing station during the inspection.
- F2.7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
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