INSPECTORS FOUND THE MOST PROBLEMS AT EL PATIO IN PORT LAVACA, WHERE 52 DEMERITS WERE HANDED DOWN.

THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COOLER WAS NEARLY TEN DEGREES TOO WARM. EMPLOYEES WERE NOT SEEN WASHING THEIR HANDS BETWEEN TASKS AND WERE HANDLING TORTILLAS WITH THEIR BARE HANDS. THERE WERE CONTAINERS SITTING ON TOP OF FOOD. AND, TRASH BAGS WERE BEING USED TO COVER THE FOOD.

ALSO IN PORT LAVACA, EL TACO WAS GIVEN 33 DEMERITS.

HERE, THE COOLER WAS ALSO SEVERAL DEGREES TOO WARM. EMPLOYEES DID NOT WASH THEIR HANDS AFTER TAKING THE TRASH OUT -- CONTAINERS WERE SITTING ON TOP OF FOOD AND THE ICE MACHINE WAS DIRTY.

MOVING TO YOAKUM, MI TIERRA MEXICAN CAFE RECEIVED 29 DEMERITS.

THE BEANS WERE NOT COOLED PROPERLY AFTER BEING COOKED THE DAY BEFORE. EMPLOYEES WERE NOT WASHING THEIR HANDS BETWEEN TASKS AND THE SPRAY BOTTLES NEED TO BE LABELED.

THE DAIRY QUEEN IN YOAKUM COMES IN WITH TEN DEMERITS.

THOSE ARE FOR EMPLOYEES NOT USING TONGS OR GLOVES, UNLABELED BOTTLES... AND THE EATERY NEEDS A NEW PERMIT.