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Vinland Supermarket

1&2 1251 Simcoe St N, Oshawa ON L1G 4X1 · Food Safety Inspections

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Inspection summary

Vinland Supermarket has been inspected 8 times by Durham Region Health Department since April 16, 2025. The most recent inspection, on September 3, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.

1 of 8 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 4 inspections with 9 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Chemicals and toxic substances, Cleaning and sanitizing and Food temperature control.

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.

  • 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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 24, 2026. For example: Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)

  • 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 2 separate inspections, most recently on July 29, 2025. For example: Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 24, 2026. For example: Hot holding of potentially hazardous food: minimum of 60°C (140°F) after cooking / rapid re-heating

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on December 18, 2025. For example: Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels

  • 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 July 29, 2025. For example: Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration

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.

8 inspections

  1. Re-Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 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
  2. Routine

    3 infractions

    • 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
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking/rapid reheating
    • Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
      • * Fail to provide utensils and/or multi-service food containers/multi-service articles that can be readily cleaned and sanitized
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces/equipment/utensils/multi-service articles are made of materials that can be readily cleaned and sanitized
    • 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
  3. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Food handler (does not use tobacco while handling food, has clean outer garments, good personal hygiene, hair confined, free from infectious agent of a disease/skin disease, submit medical exams and tests as required)
      • * Food handler fail to take reasonable precautions to ensure that food is not contaminated by hair
      • Operator to ensure food handler’s hair is properly confined while handling food
    • 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
  4. Routine

    3 infractions

    • 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 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
      • * Fail to use equipment/utensils/dishes/food containers/multi-service articles in good repair (i.e. free from cracks/crevices/chips/open seams)
      • 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
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces/equipment/utensils/multi-service articles are made of materials that are corrosion resistant/non-toxic/non-absorbent
    • 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 of sound and tight construction
      • * Fail to maintain cloths and towels used for cleaning, drying or polishing or cleaning food contact surfaces are kept clean, in good repair and/or not used for other purposes.
      • Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
      • Operator to ensure cloths and/or towels used for washing, drying or polishing must be restricted to the task for which it was first used
  5. Re-Inspection

    2 infractions

    • Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
      • * Fail to use basin only for hand washing of employees
      • Operator to ensure designated hand washing basin is only used for hand washing
    • 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
  6. Routine

    8 infractions

    • 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
      • Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are held at 60°C (140°F) or higher after cooking/rapid reheating
    • 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
    • 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 foods are covered in storage
      • Operator to ensure all foods are stored off the floor
    • Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
      • * Fail to provide utensils and/or multi-service food containers/multi-service articles that can be readily cleaned and sanitized
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces/equipment/utensils/multi-service articles are made of materials that can be readily cleaned and sanitized
    • 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
    • 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
    • Sanitary maintenance of and provision of required supplies in staff / public washroom facilities
      • * Fail to equip facility with a supply of soap or detergent
      • * 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
  7. Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  8. Routine

    3 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
      • Operator to provide proof of a certified food handler certificate
    • 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 ensure the proper wash/rinse/sanitize dishwashing technique is applied
    • Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
      • * Fail to ensure food contact surfaces are cleaned & sanitized after each use or as often as necessary
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces are properly cleaned & sanitized
      • Operator to ensure sanitizing solution contain the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength for sanitizing
      • Operator to provide an appropriate test reagent to verify the concentration of the sanitizer

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