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TJ's Country Kitchen

10688 Alder Crescent, Fort St. John · Restaurant

Official record from Northern Health →

Inspection summary

TJ's Country Kitchen has been inspected 2 times by Northern Health Authority since June 21, 2023. The most recent inspection, on November 5, 2025, recorded 2 infractions.

None of the 2 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and Protecting food from contamination.

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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 5, 2025. For example: 301 - Critical Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not maintained in sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]

  • 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 once on November 5, 2025. For example: 209 - Food not protected from contamination [s. 12(a)]

About this data

These results come from Northern Health Authority, 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.

2 inspections

  1. Routine Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 209 - Food not protected from contamination [s. 12(a)]
      • Observation: Opened buckets containing fresh produces were stored on the floor of the walk-in cooler. Shoes were stored on the top of a standing refrigerator. (Public Health significance) -storing foods on the floor will increase the risk of contamination by dust and pest. Storing personal items in the food preparation area can increase the risk of contamination.
      • Corrective Action: Operator to ensure all the foods are covered and raised off the floor for at least 15cm or 6 inches. Operator to refrain from storing personal items in the food preparation area.
    • 301 - Critical Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not maintained in sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
      • Observation: (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION) The cutting board for sandwich preparation has deep knife marks with discoloration. (Public Health Significance) - knife marks can retain food debris and hard to clean, forming bacterial biofilm that can potentially contaminate foods.
      • Corrective Action: The operator immediately turned to use another side of the cutting board after proper sanitation. Operator to ensure all cutting boards' surface are smooth and without discoloration.
  2. Routine Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 302 - Critical Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not properly washed and sanitized [s. 17(2)]
      • Observation: (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION) Inadequate sanitizing rinse solution. No sanitizer detected. A new sanitizer was replaced before my arrival, it was observed that the sanitizer was not primed before running the machine (Public Health significance) - Automatic dish washers must provide a minimum concentration of 50 parts per million (ppm) as required to effectively sanitize dishware, 100 ppm recommended; Hand washing requires 200 ppm unscented bleach solution.
      • Corrective Action: Sanitizer was primed, and dishwasher was able to maintain 100ppm chlorine. Ensure that sanitizer is primed whenever it is replaced.

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