Calgary Restaurant Shut Down Due To 'Significant Cockroach Infestation' & 37 Other Violations

A Calgary restaurant has been temporarily shut down after health inspectors identified 38 different violations including a "significant cockroach infestation" and mouse droppings.

A notice of closure from Alberta Health Services (AHS) said the health and safety violations found at Kin's Chinese Food on Bowness Road Northwest, could be "dangerous to the public health" and that there was "no evidence of food safety training" taking place for the restaurant's employees.

"A significant cockroach infestation was observed throughout the food establishment including food contact surfaces, food equipment, cook line, front service counter and sinks for handwashing, food preparation and dishwashing," the AHS notice says.

"Walls, storage units and light fixtures were contaminated with cockroach feces."

The notice says mouse droppings were also found on a storage unit alongside clean food equipment, in the back food storage area and utility room of the restaurant.

Other violations include a pack of raw chicken that was stored directly on opened containers of bean sprouts and the kitchen handwashing sink that was obstructed by a storage unit and had no hand soap or paper towels.

The front staff washroom was also found to have no paper towels, while the back staff washroom and kitchen handwashing sink had no hot water.

"The entire food establishment was dirty with grease, grime and debris," AHS adds. Food containers were also found to be "encrusted with old food debris."

The restaurant has been ordered to close until the work is completed "to the satisfaction" of an AHS health inspector, the notice says.

Narcity contacted Kin's Chinese Food for comment but they had not replied at the time of publication.