HEALTH INSPECTORS WERE AT HANDI STOP GROCERY IN YOAKUM, WHERE THEY HANDED OUT 37 DEMERITS. THEY FOUND THE COOLER NOT HOLDING FOOD AT 41 DEGREES, IN FACT SOME OF IT WAS TEN DEGREES TOO WARM. INSPECTORS ALSO FOUND OUT OF DATE MEDICATION, THE BOX OF LIVE WORMS NEEDS TO BE KEPT AWAY FROM FOOD -- AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RODENTS UNDER THE SODA AREA.

MOVING DOWN TO THE COAST IN PORT LAVACA, TAQUERIA LA PARILLA RECEIVED 27 DEMERITS. INSPECTORS SAY FOOD IN THE COOLER WAS LEFT UNCOVERED... RAW FOOD NEEDS TO BE STORED BELOW OTHER FOODS TO AVOID CROSSS-CONTAMINATION -- THE HOLES IN THE WALLS NEED TO BE FIXED AND FOOD WAS NOT DEFROSTING PROPERLY.

AT THE DAIRY QUEEN IN PORT LAVACA, INSPECTORS GAVE A TOTAL OF 26 BLACK MARKS. THEY SAY EMPLOYEES NEED TO USE HOT WATER WHEN WASHING THEIR HANDS... THEY FOUND DENTED CANS, A ROACH AND GNATS.

THE 119 EXPRESS IN YORKTOWN RECEIVED 13 DEMERITS. SOME OF THOSE ARE BECAUSE THE EGGS EXPIRED TWO DAYS BEFORE THE INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO SOAP FOUND IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM AND THE EATERY DID NOT HAVE A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT.

HEALTH INSPECTORS WERE BACK AT TEJAS CAFE TO FOLLOW UP ON PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS. INSPECTORS SAY THEY REVIEWED HAND WASHIGN AND FOOD HANDLING PROCEDURES WITH EMPLOYEES AND FOUND THE COOLER STILL NOT HOLDING FOOD AT 41 DEGREES. THEY SAY FOOD IN THE COOLER FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS NEEDS TO BE TOSSED. AND, INSPECTORS WILL CHECK BACK TO MAKE SURE THE COOLER GETS FIXED.