Two CNE food vendors shut down by health inspectors

Two CNE food vendors were shut down by the City of Toronto after failing health inspections.

Both Zabiha Halal and Maple Lodge Farms were forced to close on Monday after inspectors found multiple infractions at each vendor.

Following a Dinesafe Report, notices were issued to both companies for three infractions, including a “crucial infraction” for maintaining a food premise in a manner that permits a health hazard.

The city’s website describes a crucial infraction as something “that must be corrected immediately.”

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“Crucial infractions are conditions that endanger food directly, such as contamination, time-temperature abuse or lack of safe-to-drink water or any other condition that constitutes a health hazard,” reads the site.

The other two penalties found at each vendor are listed as “significant infractions” for inadequate handwashing stations and not providing hot and cold water in the utensil washing area.

Both locations have since passed re-inspections and reopened on Tuesday.

The DineSafe inspection system is based on provincial and municipal regulations. Each food seller in the city receives a minimum of one inspection each year depending on the specific type of establishment.

These are the first closures reported at this year’s edition of the CNE, which opened its gates last Friday following a two-year pandemic hiatus.

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