Expired fish, unclean workers among violations at Phoenix-area places [Video]

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Every week, Arizona’s Family looks up restaurants recently inspected by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of “risk factors,” considered major health code violations by inspectors, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County’s website.

Here are the Valley restaurants that did not make the grade for March. 13, 2024:

Chula Seafood – 20581 N Hayden Road, Scottsdale

3 violations

• Employee on cookline not washing hands properly
• Employee handling ready to eat fruit with bare hands
• Smoked salmon kept past discard date

Longhorn Steakhouse – 1434 S Alma School Rd, Mesa

3 violations

• Employee entered kitchen, but didn’t wash hands before preparing food
• Sanitizer to clean dishes not strong enough
• Cooler not keeping food cold enough

Anthem Country Club Ironwood – 41551 N Anthem Hills Drive, Anthem

3 violations

• Chili kept past discard date
• Cooked …