THE M&M PINTO BEAN ON LAURENT JUST REOPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEY LAND ATOP THIS WEEK'S LIST WITH 53 DEMERITS. COLD FOOD AND MEAT WERE FOUND EIGHT TO ELEVEN DEGREES ABOVE THE SAFE TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES, EMPLOYEES WERE NOT WASHING THEIR HANDS WHEN ENTERING THE KITCHEN, THERE WERE GNATS IN THE STORAGE AREA, UTENSILS WERE NOT CLEANED PROPERLY AND THERE WAS STILL FOOD ON CLEAN PLATES.

THE MCDONALD'S IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF HOUSTON HIGHWAY WAS GIVEN 31 DEMERITS.

INSPECTORS SAY EMPLOYEES HAVE TO WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE PUTTING ON GLOVES, SANITIZER WON'T WORK. THE COOKED MEAT WAS PUT INTO THE SAME CONTAINER AS THE RAW MEAT. AND, THE HOT WATER IN THE RESTROOMS NEEDS TO BE HOTTER.

THE CORRAL ON HOUSTON HIGHWAY RECEIVED 30 DEMERITS. FOOD IN THE WALK-IN COOLER NEEDS TO BE COVERED AND DRY INGREDIENTS CLOSED AND SEALED IN A CONTAINER AND RAW MEAT WAS STORED ABOVE COOKED FOOD.

22 DEMERITS WERE HANDED OUT AT THE DAIRY QUEEN ON RED RIVER. INSPECTORS SAY EMPLOYEES MUST WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE PUTTING ON GLOVES AND DRY THEIR HANDS WITH PAPER TOWELS. THEY ALSO NEED GLOVES WHEN HANDLING READY-TO-EAT FOOD.

THERE WERE 21 DEMERITS GIVEN OUT AT TEXAS ROADHOUSE. EMPLOYEES WERE NOT SEEN WASHING THEIR HANDS BEFORE PUTTING ON GLOVES, ALL FOOD IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE COVERED... THE SOAP BUCKETS NEEDS TO BE LABELED -- AND THE MICROWAVE AND ICE MACHINE WERE DIRTY.

HEALTH INSPECTORS VISITED MORE THAN 50 LOCATIONS THIS WEEK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE WHERE THEY FOUND NO VIOLATIONS. THAT WAS AT THE FAMILY TABLE ON SOUTH MOODY. INSPECTORS OBSERVED EMPLOYEES FOLLOWING HYGIENE PROCEDURES AND NOTED FOODS AT THE PROPER TEMPERATURES.