IOWA: State closes hotels kitchen - (The Messenger)
August 16, 2008 – 8:50 pmThe Quality Inn in Fort Dodge was told to close its kitchen on Thursday.
The hotel, located at 2001 U.S. Highway 169, failed to meet Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals health regulations after rat droppings were found in the dry food storage area, among other problems.
“This facility has a history with us,” said Brian Hanft, DIA Environmental Health Services manager. “The kitchen as a whole just wasn’t clean.”
Most facilities only require an inspection once a year, however, the Quality Inn’s kitchen was inspected four times in 2007, said Hanft.
“How much hand holding are we going to do?” asked Hanft. “We went out there four times to cite them for repeated problems that should have been fixed. It’s just not a good use of our time.”
According to Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals reports, the first of the four inspections was in February 2007. The facility was cited for black mold […]
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