Overview
- A social media video shows a Denver health inspector pouring bleach into containers of food during a Saturday night inspection near Evans Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
- The health department says contaminating food with bleach is an uncommon enforcement tool used to ensure unsafe items are not served.
- Inspection records show the vendor, Tacos Tacolorado, was previously cited in late October, received two cease-and-desist letters, lacked handwashing stations, and prepared food in a residential kitchen.
- Officials released an image from the latest visit showing meat at 54 degrees and said more than 145 pounds of food had been discarded during prior interactions.
- Inspectors say staff began moving food into a locked truck during the visit, and the business did not respond to messages seeking comment.