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The Salvation Army

2024 Lyndale Ave N

Last inspected Jun 30, 2026 · View Map ↗ · Compare ↗

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2 inspections

Routine

Jun 30, 2026

Complete

Official score: 92 · Understand this area’s scale

3 recorded violations

criticalCode MN Rule 4626.0075B-JHandwashing

Official wording

Food employees must wash their hands after: using the toilet; coughing or sneezing; using a handkerchief or disposable tissue; using tobacco; eating or drinking; handling soiled equipment or utensils; caring for or handling service animals or fish in an aquarium, molluscan shellfish or crustacea in a display tank; as frequently as necessary during food preparation to remove soil, contamination, and to prevent cross-contamination when changing food preparation tasks; when switching between working with raw food and working with RTE food; before donning gloves for working with food; and touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean exposed portions of arms.

Inspector’s notes

Observed employee to run dirty dishes through the dish machine, and then move to handle food without washing their hands. Employee was instructed to wash their hands. Make sure employees wash their hands in between switching tasks or when hands have become contaminated.

In plain English

Staff were not washing their hands when required, or a handwashing sink was blocked, missing soap or paper towels, or used for something else. Hands are one of the most common ways germs reach food.

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criticalCode MN Rule 4626.0235A(1)Contamination

Official wording

Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.

Inspector’s notes

Observed raw shelled eggs to be stored over ready-to-eat fruit and salad in the service stand-up cooler. Observed raw ground beef to be stored over ready-to-eat soup and produce in the storage stand-up cooler. These items were rearranged during inspection. Make sure that raw animal proteins are stored in a way that helps prevent the potential contamination of ready-to-eat foods.

In plain English

Food was stored or handled in a way that could let germs or other material get into it, such as raw meat stored above ready-to-eat food or uncovered food. Cross-contamination is a common cause of foodborne illness.

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minorCode MN Rule 4626.1520ACleaning and sanitizing

Official wording

Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the floors under the dish machine, 3-compartment sink, and cookline equipment to be soiled. Clean and keep physical facilities clean.

In plain English

Dishes, equipment, or surfaces that touch food were not properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized, or sanitizer was not at the right strength. Clean surfaces help stop germs from spreading to food.

More about cleaning or sanitizing problems

Official record from Minneapolis Health Department, Jun 30, 2026 · Original Source

Routine

Jun 3, 2025

Complete

Official score: 96 · Understand this area’s scale

4 recorded violations

majorCode MN Rule 4626.0400AFood source and labeling

Official wording

Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held for more than 24 hours. Day one is the day the food was made.

Inspector’s notes

Observed a container of cooked greens in the storage stand-up cooler to not be date marked. Person-in-charge stated that the greens were cooked 2 days prior to inspection. Person-in-charge date marked the greens during the inspection. Make sure all cooked TCS foods are date marked.

In plain English

Food came from an unapproved source, was missing required date marks or labels, or was past its use-by date. Knowing where food came from and how old it is helps prevent illness.

More about food source, dating, or labeling problems
minorCode MN Rule 4626.0285BCleaning and sanitizing

Official wording

Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily

Inspector’s notes

Observed the cookline sanitizer bucket to have a quat sanitizer concentration of 100 ppm. The bucket was refreshed and sanitizer concentration reverified at 300 ppm. Keep wet wiping clothes in buckets with a sanitizer concentration of 150-400 ppm quat, per chemical label.

In plain English

Dishes, equipment, or surfaces that touch food were not properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized, or sanitizer was not at the right strength. Clean surfaces help stop germs from spreading to food.

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minorCode MN Rule 4626.0845EContamination

Official wording

Clean surfaces contacting non-TCS foods: • When surfaces may have been contaminated • At least once every 24 hours for consumer self-service utensils • Before restocking consumer self-service equipment and utensils • As often as needed to keep surfaces clean

Inspector’s notes

Observed the interior baffles of the ice machine to be soiled with pink and black mold. Empty ice machine. Clean ice machine and keep it clean.

In plain English

Food was stored or handled in a way that could let germs or other material get into it, such as raw meat stored above ready-to-eat food or uncovered food. Cross-contamination is a common cause of foodborne illness.

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majorCode MN Rule 4626.0710BFood temperature

Official wording

Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.

Inspector’s notes

Observed facility to not have a method of measuring the surface temperature of dishes after going through the dish machine. Make sure a maximum temperature thermometer, temperature monitoring stickers, or other methods are provided to measure the surface temperature of utensils.

In plain English

Food was not kept cold enough, hot enough, cooled fast enough, or cooked or reheated to the right temperature. Bacteria grow quickly in the "danger zone" between 41°F and 135°F, which makes this one of the most important food-safety checks.

More about food kept at an unsafe temperature

Official record from Minneapolis Health Department, Jun 3, 2025 · Original Source

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