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Northern Himalayan Cafe

FC2-1500 Fisher St North Bay ON P1B 2H3 · Food Take Out

Official record from North Bay Parry Sound →

Inspection summary

Northern Himalayan Cafe has been inspected 8 times by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit since May 15, 2025. The most recent inspection, on August 28, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.

1 of 8 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 6 inspections with 27 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination, Chemicals and toxic substances and Cleaning and sanitizing.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

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 5 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on February 5, 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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 28, 2026. For example: Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food

  • 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 across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 24, 2026. For example: Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 24, 2026. For example: Hot holding of potentially hazardous food: minimum of 60°C (140°F) after cooking / rapid re-heating

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 24, 2026. For example: Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents

About this data

These results come from North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit, 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

  1. Re-inspection

    2 infractions

    • Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
      • * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
      • Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
    • Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
      • * Fail to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
      • Operator to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
  2. Compliance (Required)

    8 infractions

    • 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 all food contact surfaces are properly cleaned & sanitized
    • 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
      • * 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
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
    • 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
    • Hot holding of potentially hazardous food: minimum of 60°C (140°F) after cooking / rapid re-heating
      • * Fail to hold potentially hazardous food at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking / rapid re-heating
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking/rapid reheating
    • Food is prepared in a safe manner
      • Do not thaw hazardous foods at room temperature
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are prepared in a safe manner
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to maintain a written record of pest control measures taken for 1 year
      • Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
    • Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
      • * Fail to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
      • Operator to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
  3. Compliance (Required)

    1 infraction

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed foods stored in containers that cannot be readily cleaned and sanitized
      • * Observed food not being transported in containers to prevent contamination
      • * Observed raw foods stored above cooked / ready-to-eat foods
      • Operator to ensure all food is properly stored, displayed, transported and served to prevent contamination
      • Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
  4. Re-inspection

    0 infractions

  5. Re-inspection

    6 infractions

    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
      • * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
      • Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floor of dishwashing area kept clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
      • * Food handlers fail to wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
      • Food handlers must wash hands after they are contaminated and before handling food
    • 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are of sound and tight construction
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoops/utensils not being stored in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoop / dipper not kept in a manner preventing bacterial growth
    • Sanitary maintenance of and provision of required supplies in staff / public washroom facilities
  6. Compliance (Required)

    10 infractions

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed potentially hazardous food not covered to prevent contamination / 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
      • Operator to ensure all foods are covered in storage
    • Walls clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure walls of food premise kept clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure walls of food premise are maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floor of dishwashing area kept clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
      • * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
      • Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
    • Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
      • * Fail to ensure adequate sanitizer concentration are achieved for sanitizing
      • * Fail to provide clean wash/rinse water
      • * Fail to use proper wash/rinse/sanitize technique
      • Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million and not lower than 24°C for at least 45 seconds
      • Operator to provide clean wash / rinse water
      • Operator to provide a drainage rack that is made of corrosion-resistant material
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to ensure storage areas are clean and organized to facilitate monitoring of pest control
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
      • Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
    • Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
      • * Food handlers fail to wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
      • Operator to wash hands before putting on disposable gloves
    • 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
    • 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are of sound and tight construction
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
    • 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
  7. Re-inspection

    3 infractions

    • 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
      • * 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
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
    • Mechanical ventilation operable where required
      • * Fail to maintain ventilation system in manner to eliminate odours, fumes, vapors, smoke and excessive heat
      • Operator to ensure ventilation system is maintained in a clean and sanitary manner eliminating odours, fumes, vapors, smoke and excessive heat
    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed potentially hazardous food not covered to prevent contamination / adulteration
      • Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
  8. Compliance (Required)

    8 infractions

    • Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
      • * Food handlers fail to wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
      • Food handlers must wash hands after they are contaminated and before handling food
      • Operator to wash hands before putting on disposable gloves
    • 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 is prepared in a safe manner
      • * Fail to ensure food is prepared in a safe manner
      • Observed potentially hazardous foods not being thawed in an appropriate and safe manner
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are processed, prepared and manufactured at temperatures between 4°C (40°F) and 60°C (140°F) within 2 hours
    • Hot holding of potentially hazardous food: minimum of 60°C (140°F) after cooking / rapid re-heating
      • * Fail to hold potentially hazardous food at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking / rapid re-heating
      • CCP monitoring should be conducted by operator
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking/rapid reheating
    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure all foods are covered in storage
    • Floors clean and in good repair
    • Mechanical ventilation operable where required
      • * Fail to maintain ventilation system in manner to eliminate odours, fumes, vapors, smoke and excessive heat
      • Operator to ensure ventilation system is maintained in a clean and sanitary manner eliminating odours, fumes, vapors, smoke and excessive heat
    • Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning

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