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UK Spice Cuisine

2055 Quilchena Ave Merritt BC V1K 1B8 · Restaurant - Food Service

Official record from Interior Health →

Inspection summary

UK Spice Cuisine has been inspected 2 times by Interior Health Authority since September 17, 2024. The most recent inspection, on September 23, 2025, recorded 2 infractions.

None of the 2 inspections on record were free of infractions. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing.

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 September 23, 2025. For example: 3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?

  • 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 23, 2025. For example: 1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?

About this data

These results come from Interior 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. Monitoring

    2 infractions

    • F2.1 Does the facility have proper monitoring supplies?
      • Observation(s): 1. NEW INFRACTION: All coolers are to have an accurate thermometer inside for daily temperature monitoring. 2. NOTE: Not checked at the time of inspection: Have chlorine test strips available to test the chlorine sanitizer in the dishwasher daily. The chlorine sanitizer concentration should be 50 ppm or greater. Chlorine test strips can be ordered from food supplier.
      • F2.1B A thermometer accurate within 1 °C must be available to monitor processes.
    • F2.3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
      • Observation(s): INFRACTION NOT RESOLVED: No chlorine sanitizer was detected in the rinse cycle of the dishwasher. A break in the chlorine feed line was found, the break was repaired. Prime the chlorine sanitizer pump until sanitizer is being dispensed from the hose into the dishwasher.
      • F2.3B Manual dishwashing procedure must provide sufficient washing and sanitizing action to remove contamination.
      • F2.3D Sanitizer solution must be available and kept at the correct levels for adequate sanitizing action.
  2. Monitoring

    1 infraction

    • F2.3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
      • Observation(s): NEW INFRACTTION: At the time of inspection no chlorine sanitizer was being injected into the dishwasher; no chlorine was being pumped when the sanitizer prime button was depressed. Have the dishwasher corrected so that chlorine sanitizer is dispensed into the final rinse cycle. Correct right away.
      • F2.3A Mechanical dishwasher/glasswasher must provide sufficient washing and sanitizing action to remove contamination.

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