Pixie Candy Shoppe
509 Baker St Nelson BC V1L 4J2 · Restaurant - Food Service
Inspection summary
Pixie Candy Shoppe has been inspected 11 times by Interior Health Authority since July 30, 2013. The most recent inspection, on December 9, 2025, found no infractions.
7 of 11 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, Pests and Handwashing and staff hygiene.
The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. 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.
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 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 10, 2023. For example:
5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
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 once on August 4, 2017. For example:
2 - Is the premises free from a pest infestation?
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 once on July 30, 2013. For example:
2 - Are there handwashing stations available?
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.
Recorded once on October 10, 2023. For example:
5 Are the FOODSAFE training requirements being met?
Equipment and utensilsLower risk
Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.
Recorded once on August 4, 2017. For example:
4 - Are the premises, equipment and utensils designed and maintained to ensure safe and sanitary food handling?
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.
11 inspections
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
2 infractions
- F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
- Observation(s): The fluorescent light bulbs in the food handling area upstairs are not shatter proof or protected from shattering.
- F2.5J Artificial lighting must have shatterproof covers or shatterproof bulbs.
- F3.5 Are the FOODSAFE training requirements being met?
- Observation(s): Food Safe now has expiration dates on the certificate. Please update yours.
- F3.6A Operator must have valid FOODSAFE certificate or equivalent training.
- F3.6B In the absence of the operator, at least one employee present in the establishment must have valid FOODSAFE certificate or equivalent training.
- F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
- Monitoring
2 infractions
- F1.7 Are foods protected from contamination?
- Observation(s): Prepared waffle cones are in holders uncovered on top of ice cream display. There is potential of customers coughing/sneezing onto the cones.
- F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
- Observation(s): There is some clutter in the back and upstairs that can be removed.
- F2.5E Equipment or materials not required for food related operations must be removed from the premises.
- F1.7 Are foods protected from contamination?
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
2 infractions
- F2.2 - Is the premises free from a pest infestation?
- Observation(s): Evidence of pests found in the upstairs kitchen. No food was found to be contaminated at the time of inspection. Pest traps were found on the lower levels of the facility but not in the upstairs kitchen.
- F2.2A - The premises must be maintained free of pests.
- F3.4 - Are the premises, equipment and utensils designed and maintained to ensure safe and sanitary food handling?
- Observation(s): Pest entry points were found in the upstairs kitchen.
- F3.4L - The premises must be protected against entry of pests.
- F2.2 - Is the premises free from a pest infestation?
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
0 infractions
- Monitoring
1 infraction
- 8.2 - Are there handwashing stations available?
- Observation(s): Paper towel provided to upstairs hand wash sink.
- 8.2 - Are there handwashing stations available?
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