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The Rumour Mill Bar & Grill

6 250 Taunton Rd E, Oshawa ON L1G 7T1 · Food Safety Inspections

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Inspection summary

The Rumour Mill Bar & Grill has been inspected 10 times by Durham Region Health Department since November 14, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 15, 2026, found no infractions.

2 of 10 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 7 inspections with 18 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests, Protecting food from contamination and Chemicals and toxic substances.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

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.

  • 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 5 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on April 8, 2026. For example: Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents

  • 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 December 3, 2025. For example: Food protected from potential contamination and/or 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 once on August 13, 2026. For example: Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)

  • 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 August 10, 2026. For example: Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower

  • 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 August 10, 2026. For example: Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels

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.

10 inspections

  1. Routine

    0 infractions

  2. Re-Inspection

    1 infraction

    • Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
  3. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Potentially hazardous food is held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
      • * Fail to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or less
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 4°C (40°F) or lower
    • 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
    • Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
      • Operator to adjust or repair the malfunctioning cooler immediately. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in the malfunctioning unit until it is able to maintain hazardous foods at 4° C or lower
  4. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to maintain a written record of pest control measures taken for 1 year
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
      • Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
      • Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
  5. Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  6. Re-Inspection

    2 infractions

    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
      • * Fail to arrange furniture, equipment and appliances as to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
      • Operator to ensure the furniture, equipment and appliances are arranged to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
  7. Routine

    9 infractions

    • Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
      • * Fail to provide a minimum of 1 certified food handler per hour of operation
      • Operator to ensure a minimum of 1 certified food handler is present during every hour of operation
    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure all food is properly stored, displayed, transported and served to prevent contamination
    • All foods at the premises are from an inspected source
      • * Fail to ensure food offered for sale or used for preparation is from an approved / inspected source
      • Operator to ensure records of food purchases are retained at the premise for 1 year
    • Proper storage of single-service containers/articles (utensils)
      • * Fail to store single-service containers and article (utensils) in a manner preventing contamination
      • Operator to ensure single-service containers/articles are protected and stored in a manner to prevent contamination
    • Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
    • Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
      • * Fail to ensure sanitizing solution contains the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength of sanitizer
      • Operator to ensure sanitizing solution contain the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength for sanitizing
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
      • Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
      • * Fail to arrange furniture, equipment and appliances as to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
      • Operator to ensure the furniture, equipment and appliances are arranged to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
  8. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure all food is properly stored, displayed, transported and served to prevent contamination
    • 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
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to maintain a written record of pest control measures taken for 1 year
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
      • Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
  9. Routine

    5 infractions

    • Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
    • Frequency of garbage removal adequate to maintain the premises in a sanitary condition
      • * Observed insufficient garbage receptacles of durable / leak proof / non-absorbent material
      • Operator to ensure garbage receptacles are stored separately and / or maintained in a sanitary manner
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to maintain a written record of pest control measures taken for 1 year
      • * Fail to ensure storage areas are clean and organized to facilitate monitoring of pest control
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
      • Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
      • Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
    • General housekeeping is satisfactory
      • * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
      • Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
  10. Routine

    3 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
    • Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
      • * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
    • Floors clean and in good repair
      • * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
      • Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent

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