The results of restaurant inspections in Santa Cruz County between Nov. 23, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2009, ran the gamut from zero violations at six locations to seven critical and five non-critical violations at one establishment.

In accordance with the Arizona Administrative Code and the Santa Cruz County Sanitary Code, the County Environmental Health Department conducts regular sanitation inspections of all food establishments operating in the county.

All facilities are inspected at least twice per year. However, if violations are repeated from inspection to inspection, indicating a potential inability to adequately comply with state law, a facility may be placed on a more frequent inspection schedule, said Registered Sanitarian Bonnie Rae Greenwald.

Both the Safeway deli and bakery in Nogales got clean inspections from Santa Cruz County Health Services, as did Nogales Market No. 2, Chili Pepper in Tubac, Jardines de Mexico in Nogales, and Yard Woman in Tubac.

Other inspection results were, Oasis 9 Cinema, one critical violation, 1 non-critical violation; El Vanquette mobile food unit from Nogales, one critical; Wagon Wheel Saloon in Patagonia, one critical; one non-critical; Old Tubac Inn, one critical, three non-critical; Joe’s Place mobile food unit from Rio Rico, one critical.

Shelby’s Bistro in Tubac, three non-critical; Mariscos Chihuahua, Nogales, one critical and one non-critical; Starbucks, Nogales, three non-critical; Kmart Snack Bar, three non-critical; El Rio mobile food unit, one critical; and Sandy’s at Super 8 in Nogales, two non-critical violations.

Hua Mei in Rio Rico received two non-critical violations; Paricutin mobile food unit on Grand Avenue, one critical and three non-critical; Las Vigas Steak Ranch, Nogales, four critical and one non-critical; Café Sonoita, one critical, one non-critical; Cunningham’s, Sonoita, one critical, two non-critical; Food City deli, Nogales, two critical; Food City bakery, two critical and one non-critical; Food City meat department, one critical and one non-critical; Kristofer’s in Amado had one non-critical violation; AJM (INASH) mobile food unit in Nogales, one critical, two non-critical; and La Carreta in Rio Rico one non-critical violation.

Adrian’s mobile food unit in Nogales had seven critical violations and five non-critical violations.

“Critical violations” are those food preparation practices or employee behaviors most commonly reported to the Centers for Disease Control as contributing factors in food-borne illness outbreaks. All critical violations were corrected immediately, or within 48 hours, Greenwald said.