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Polene Bakery & Bistro

101-1125 Bernard Ave Kelowna BC V1Y 6R3 · Restaurant - Food Service

Official record from Interior Health →

Inspection summary

Polene Bakery & Bistro has been inspected 3 times by Interior Health Authority since March 26, 2025. The most recent inspection, on September 3, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.

1 of 3 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene and Protecting food from contamination.

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 once on September 3, 2026. For example: 7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?

  • 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 March 26, 2025. For example: 5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?

  • 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 September 3, 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.

3 inspections

  1. Monitoring

    2 infractions

    • F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
      • Observation(s): Please restart daily temperature monitoring records for refrigeration units.
    • F2.7 Are there handwashing stations available and properly supplied?
      • Observation(s): Please discontinue storage of effects (ie. blue recycling container) in front of the kitchen handwashing sink and re-locate the drain line on the espresso machine to a plumbing drain line below the sink, and in accordance with the plumbing code. Please ensure that handwashing sinks remain free and clear at all times during operation.
  2. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  3. Monitoring

    1 infraction

    • F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
      • Observation(s): Please resurface or replace the prep table refrigerator cutting board that is showing ware and no longer cleanable in some areas of the board. Please complete additional deep cleaning of the slate tile flooring along walls/underneath equipment in areas that are showing a build-up of organics.

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