GILLETTE, Wyo. — The Consumer Health Services Division of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture conducts inspections of retail food establishments throughout Wyoming (where there is not a local health department that does inspections) to help ensure safety of Wyoming residents.
Campbell County establishments are inspected at least once a year by the WDA. All of these reports are made public and can be found on the WDA’s website. It will only include the routine inspections and not the follow-up or other kinds of inspections.
According to the WDA, establishments are either in or out of compliance with a non-critical (non-food-related) or a critical violation (which can cause a foodborne illness).
The WDA explains that while it is looking for deficiencies, the organization’s “main goal is to educate the business.”
Its report is made to help the businesses understand unsafe practices and ways to correct them.
Any violation makes the business be out of compliance; however, violations can be on different levels, meaning not being in compliance does not necessarily indicate that a business is unsafe.
Inspections are a “snapshot” in time and the violations are often corrected before the inspector leaves the facility. Dependent on the severity of the violation, the business will have anywhere between 10 and 45 days to correct it.
Any serious violations or notable quotes will be included in summary notes below, but the full report for each restaurant can be found at the WDA’s website, where of its current information is published.
Sept. 30, 2024
SONIC #6621
Violations: 1
In Compliance: In
Comments: “General cleaning needs to be done underneath equipment, along walls, drain underneath ice machine. This was discussed with manager and was being corrected as inspection was taking place.”
Oct. 1, 2024
GOOD2GO
Violations: 1
In Compliance: In
Comments: “Packaged sandwiches (Hawaiian sliders, ham and cheese croissant, Italian sandwiches, and edible cookie dough) found without ingredient label.”
Oct. 2, 2024
HOME FIRE FOODS – CONCESSIONS
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
COMFORT INN AND SUITES
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
BUDGET INN EXPRESS
Violations: 3
In Compliance: Out
Comments: “Sanitizer in bottle for breakfast area was vinegar. It was discussed with manager that all food contact surfaces shall be sanitized with either chlorine or quat sanitizer. Test strips are also required.”
ARBY’S
Violations: 3
In Compliance: In
Comments: “Certain parts of roast beef slicer appeared to not be cleaned and sanitized for some time.”
Oct. 3, 2024
THE LOCAL DRIVE-THRU
Violations: 3
In Compliance: In
Comments: “Chlorine sanitizer tested over 200ppm. It was discussed with manager that chlorine sanitizer shall be between 50–100ppm.”
TACO JOHN’S
Violations: 4
In Compliance: Out
Comments: “Bottom shelf in walk-in cooler observed storing raw meat and meat items next to produce.”
SUBWAY IN WALMART
Violations: 5
In Compliance: Out
Comments: “Flies were numerous on this day. Flies were congregating around “order here” sign and around north side of make line.”
KANGAROO RANCH PLAY AND LEARN CENTER
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In