Hamburgers and tater tots weren’t hot enough at the Tokeneke School cafeteria on Tuesday when a Darien Health Department sanitarian showed up for an inspection, according to the department.
That resulted in a very rare “Poor” rating under the town Health Department’s scoring system, although under the state health code rating system, Tokeneke still received a 94. You can see the inspection report here.
A “Poor” rating in a Darien school is as unheard of as a steak in a vegetarian restaurant. The elementary school has received “Good” ratings in the previous three inspections.
On Jan. 15, 2015 and again on May 7, 2015, the school cafeteria received a perfect 100 rating — no state health code violations found at all; on Sept. 9, the score was down to a still commendable 98, with the only violation being “cases of water stored on floor in storage area.”
Cooked meat kept at too low a temperature is a health code violation because it can be infected with bacteria, which can make people sick.
Printouts of Darien Health Department inspection reports, with Tokeneke School\’s on top. You can get the same thing on a Health Department Web page.
In the “Inspection Comments” part of the report, Sanitarian Mindy Chambrelli wrote: “Corrective action during inspection: Burgers cooked/reheated to 167 [degrees] … hot holding at 140 [degrees] with water in the pan cooked during inspection, temp falling to 130 [degrees] (10-15 minutes later) issue with burner???? tater tots hot-holding practice changed to holding in wells at 141 [degrees] … good hand-washing and glove use observed.”
Darienite.com learned of the inspection scores late Wednesday afternoon, too late to contact Health Department officials or anyone at Darien Public Schools.
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