Mutfaktakiusta Cafe
1525 LEMARCHANT, HALIFAX · Food Establishment
Inspection summary
Mutfaktakiusta Cafe has been inspected 5 times by Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program) since October 25, 2023. The most recent inspection, on April 9, 2025, found no infractions.
2 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and Protecting food from contamination.
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 2 times on March 10, 2025. For example:
23(1)(b) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to (b) allow adequate cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance.
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 December 7, 2023. For example:
23(1)(a) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to (a) protect food from contamination;
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 These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on March 24, 2025. For example:
82(1) No person shall operate a food establishment, unless exempted by an administrator, without first having obtained a permit from an administrator.
About this data
These results come from Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program), 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.
5 inspections
- Inspection
0 infractions
- Inspection
1 infraction
- 82(1) No person shall operate a food establishment, unless exempted by an administrator, without first having obtained a permit from an administrator.
- Observed permit to be expired. Renew permit.
- 82(1) No person shall operate a food establishment, unless exempted by an administrator, without first having obtained a permit from an administrator.
- Inspection
3 infractions
- 23(1)(b) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to
(b) allow adequate cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance.
- In accordance with Section 4.1 of the NS Food Retail and Food Services Code, you must ensure all equipment is maintained and functional for its intended use. Observed no water being provided in the dishwasher. Repair dishwasher so it is working properly. Use 2 compartment sink dishwashing method until dishwasher is repaired.
- 29(3) A food establishment must provide facilities and equipment to implement the maintenance, cleaning and sanitation program and must identify in their program the cleaning and sanitizing agents used in the food establishment, including their concentration and uses.
- Observed sanitizer concentration to be 0ppm. Operator made a new bleach and water solution at this time. The concentration was satisfactory (100ppm).
- 82(1) No person shall operate a food establishment, unless exempted by an administrator, without first having obtained a permit from an administrator.
- Observed permit to be expired. Renew permit.
- 23(1)(b) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to
(b) allow adequate cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance.
- Inspection
1 infraction
- 23(1)(a) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to
(a) protect food from contamination;
- Observed food not to be protected from contamination. Food was covered at this time.
- 23(1)(a) All equipment and utensils used to process, prepare, store, serve, sell or display food must be designed, constructed, installed and maintained to
(a) protect food from contamination;
- Inspection
0 infractions
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