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The Sonata Inn

3 Grafton Street, Charlottetown · Food Premises

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Inspection summary

The Sonata Inn has been inspected 4 times by Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Wellness (Environmental Health) since September 10, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 2, 2025, found no infractions.

2 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Chemicals and toxic substances and Cleaning and sanitizing.

Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.

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.

  • 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 4 times on September 17, 2025. For example: Chemicals properly used, labelled and stored to prevent contamination

  • 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 on September 17, 2025. For example: Food contact surfaces protected from contamination

  • 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 once on September 17, 2025. For example: Food safety training: Sections 5(2)(b), and 24(1-5)

  • Permits, records and postingLower risk

    Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.

    Recorded once on September 10, 2024. For example: Valid license posted for public display

About this data

These results come from Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Wellness (Environmental 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.

4 inspections

  1. Follow Up Inspection 1 — Satisfactory

    0 infractions

  2. Routine Inspection — Unsatisfactory - Re Inspection Required

    8 infractions

    • Food contact surfaces protected from contamination
      • Failure to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces with an approved product that removes contamination.
    • Chemicals properly used, labelled and stored to prevent contamination
      • Failure to provide a no-rinse, food grade, chemical sanitizing solution at the appropriate concentration.
    • Chemicals properly used, labelled and stored to prevent contamination
      • Failure to properly label chemicals.
    • Appropriate procedures followed for dishwashing
      • Failure to use an approved manual dishwashing method.
    • Dishwasher monitoring
      • Failure to establish and maintain a record of the dishwashing temperature readings or chemical sanitizer concentrations.
    • Chemical test kits/papers used
      • Failure to provide an appropriate procedure to verify sanitizer strength.
    • Chemical test kits/papers used
      • Failure to establish and maintain records verifying sanitizer strength test results.
    • Food safety training: Sections 5(2)(b), and 24(1-5)
      • No employee present with valid food safety training.
  3. Routine Inspection — Satisfactory

    0 infractions

  4. Routine Inspection — Unsatisfactory - Re Inspection Required

    1 infraction

    • Valid license posted for public display
      • Operating without a valid food premises license.

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