Sekodun Cook 'n' Tasty
218 Bloor St E, Oshawa ON L1H 3M6 · Food Safety Inspections
Inspection summary
Sekodun Cook 'n' Tasty has been inspected 7 times by Durham Region Health Department since November 15, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 13, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.
1 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 8 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Protecting food from contamination and Pests.
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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 13, 2026. For example:
Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
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 February 18, 2026. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
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 13, 2026. For example:
Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
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 February 18, 2026. For example:
Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
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 once on November 15, 2024. For example:
Hot holding of potentially hazardous food: minimum of 60°C (140°F) after cooking / rapid re-heating
About this data
These results come from Durham Region Health Department, 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.
7 inspections
- Routine
2 infractions
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to provide sufficient detergent, chemicals, or required water temperatures for washing and sanitizing
- 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 an appropriate test reagent to verify the concentration of the sanitizer
- 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
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- Routine
4 infractions
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- Do not thaw hazardous foods at room temperature
- Observed potentially hazardous foods not being thawed in an appropriate and safe manner
- 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 protected from potential contamination and/or 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
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to ensure adequate sanitizer concentration are achieved for sanitizing
- 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 an appropriate test reagent to verify the concentration of the sanitizer
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- Routine
2 infractions
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or 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
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to use proper wash/rinse/sanitize technique
- Operator to ensure the proper wash/rinse/sanitize dishwashing technique is applied
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- Routine
2 infractions
- All foods at the premises are from an inspected source
- *Fail to ensure records of food purchases are retained at the premise for 1 year
- Operator to ensure records of food purchases are retained at the premise for 1 year
- Sanitary maintenance of and provision of required supplies in staff / public washroom facilities
- * Fail to equip facility with a method of hand drying that uses single-service towels or a hot air dryer
- Operator to ensure the washroom facilities are properly supplied with soap/detergent, single-service towels or hot air dryer, toilet paper and hot and cold running water
- All foods at the premises are from an inspected source
- Routine
0 infractions
- Re-Inspection
1 infraction
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- * Fail to provide hand washing basin in food preparation area
- Operator to ensure a designated hand washing basin is provided and/or accessible in each food preparation area
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- Routine
4 infractions
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- * Fail to ensure food is prepared in a safe manner
- * Potentially hazardous foods observed at an internal temperature between 4° C (40°F) and 60°C (140°F) for greater than 2 hours
- 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
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- * Fail to provide hand washing basin in food preparation area
- Operator to ensure a designated hand washing basin is provided and/or accessible in each food preparation area
- 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
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
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