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Renfrew Shawarma

E 648 O'Brien Road, Renfrew ON K7V 0B4 · Restaurant

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Inspection summary

Renfrew Shawarma has been inspected 6 times by Renfrew County and District Health Unit since October 28, 2025. The most recent inspection, on September 22, 2026, recorded 4 infractions.

1 of 6 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 6 inspections with 14 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Protecting food from contamination and Chemicals and toxic substances.

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 5 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on September 22, 2026. For example: Manual dishwashing provides clean wash water, proper rinse, and sanitizing solution

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on September 22, 2026. For example: All food shall be protected from contamination and 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on May 14, 2026. For example: Equipment and utensils that come into direct contact with food are corrosion-resistant, non-toxic and free from cracks, crevices and open seams

  • 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 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on September 22, 2026. For example: Food handlers in the food premise wash their hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas

  • 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 22, 2026. For example: General maintenance and sanitation is satisfactory where food is processed, prepared, packaged, served, transported, manufactured, handled, sold, or offered for sale.

About this data

These results come from Renfrew County and 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.

6 inspections

  1. Required

    4 infractions

    • All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration
      • Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
      • Keep raw food separate from ready-to-eat food.
    • Food handlers in the food premise wash their hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
      • Food handlers must wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas.
    • General maintenance and sanitation is satisfactory where food is processed, prepared, packaged, served, transported, manufactured, handled, sold, or offered for sale.
      • Maintain the food premise in a clean and sanitary manner
    • Manual dishwashing provides clean wash water, proper rinse, and sanitizing solution
      • Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be a minimum 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds.
  2. Required

    4 infractions

    • Food handlers in the food premise wash their hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas
      • Food handlers must wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food areas.
    • Adequate number of handwashing stations, situated for convenient access by food handlers with required supplies
      • Provide soap dispenser in close proximity to hand washing station.
      • Provide a mechanical hand dryer or a single-service towel dispenser in close proximity to handwashing station.
    • Equipment and utensils that come into direct contact with food are corrosion-resistant, non-toxic and free from cracks, crevices and open seams
      • Ensure equipment/utensils are constructed of food grade materials.
    • Manual dishwashing provides clean wash water, proper rinse, and sanitizing solution
      • Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be a minimum 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds.
  3. Complaint

    0 infractions

  4. Required

    1 infraction

    • Equipment, utensils and multi-service articles are of sound and tight construction, in good repair, can be readily cleaned and sanitized, and suitable for their intended purpose
      • Ensure all the equipment, utensils and multi-service articles are of such form and material that they can be readily cleaned and sanitized.
  5. Complaint

    2 infractions

    • Adequate number of handwashing stations, situated for convenient access by food handlers with required supplies
    • Utensils other than multi-service articles shall be cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain them in a clean and sanitary condition
      • Ensure utensils are cleaned and sanitized as often as is necessary to maintain them in a clean and sanitary condition.
  6. Required

    3 infractions

    • All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration
      • Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
    • Food contact surfaces washed, rinsed, and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain surfaces in a sanitary condition
      • Ensure sanitizer is available and/or of sufficient concentration to sanitize as often as necessary to maintain food contact surfaces in a sanitary condition
    • Toxic and poisonous substances are kept separate from food, in containers bearing a label and used in a manner that does not contaminate food
      • Keep toxic and poisonous substances in a container that bears a label on which the contents of the container are clearly identified.

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