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.
Feb. 10, 2025
RAIL YARD
Violations: 5
In Compliance: In
Comments: “Knives observed being stored in between prep-line refrigeration units. Build up was observed on sides of coolers, leading to contamination of knives being stored in this location.”
HOT MESS COOKIES
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
Feb. 12, 2025
SHERPA INDIAN KITCHEN
Violations: 5
In Compliance: Out
Comments: “Items such as home-made yogurt, cooled meat products, etc. found in walk-in cooler without date marking.”
RANCH AND ROOST
Violations: 1
In Compliance: In
Comments: “Employee observed handling raw ground beef patties and placing on grill with gloves donned. Employee was then observed handling a hamburger bun without hand washing and changing gloves.”
BRIGHT BEGINNINGS
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
Feb. 13, 2025
TACOS EL COMPA TONY
Violations: 16
In Compliance: Out
Comments: “At time of inspection, demonstration of knowledge was not met. During inspection, owner/manager was not knowledgable on food tempertures, sanitizing, or hand washing.”
Feb. 14, 2025
SIPS COFFEE COMPANY
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
SILVER SAGE SENIOR CENTER
Violations: 0
In Compliance: In
