MEI MEI CAFE
1004 NE 50TH ST, SEATTLE, WA 98105 · Restaurant (Seating 13-50)
Inspection summary
MEI MEI CAFE has been inspected 2 times by Public Health – Seattle & King County since October 10, 2025. The most recent inspection, on October 24, 2025, 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 and Food temperature control.
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 October 10, 2025. For example:
1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
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 once on October 10, 2025. For example:
1600 - Proper cooling procedure
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 These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.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 once on October 10, 2025. For example:
2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
About this data
These results come from Public Health – Seattle & King County, 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
- Return Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine Inspection/Field Review
3 infractions
- 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
- RED
- 2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
- RED
- 1600 - Proper cooling procedure
- RED
- 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
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