Two Toronto high school cafeterias hit with food safety infractions
February 14, 2012
Emily Jackson
STAFF REPORTER
Toronto’s food inspection agency has slapped the downtown Central Technical School and Etobicoke’s Lakeshore Collegiate Institute with food safety violations.
The DineSafe infractions include improper water temperature in the dishwasher, an old potato peeler that needed to be thrown out, butcher blocks that required refinishing and a dirty oven exhaust hood.
But high school students shouldn’t be afraid of eating at the cafeterias, said Sylvanus Thompson of Toronto Public Health.
“If there is a health hazard, we would close the establishment,” Thompson said.
The violations at both schools happened under the watch of their culinary arts programs, said Toronto school board spokeswoman Zoya McGroarty. At Central Tech, this food is not served to students and only occasionally sold to staff, she said.
Both schools received a “conditional pass” grade from inspectors and the kitchens remained open. All infractions were either rectified immediately or are in the process of being fixed, McGroarty said, adding the board takes such matters very seriously.
The city inspects school cafeterias three times a year and the board conducts “surprise audits” of its food services to ensure safety.