Ponoka Food Bank
6 - 4612 50 Street Ponoka AB T4J 1S7 · Food - General
Inspection summary
Ponoka Food Bank has been inspected once by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health), on August 8, 2025. The most recent inspection, on August 8, 2025, recorded 1 infraction.
No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing.
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 once on August 8, 2025. For example:
Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Non-Critical)?
About this data
These results come from Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health), 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.
1 inspection
- Monitoring Inspection
1 infraction
- 12. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Non-Critical)?
- The facility did not have chlorine sanitizer test strips onsite to confirm the concentration of mixed sanitzer solutions.Ensure that 0-200 ppm chlorine test strips are available onsite to confirm that mixed sanitizers for dishwashing and surface cleaning purposes are appropriately mixed.
- 12. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Non-Critical)?
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