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WORKERS DESCEND, LOOKING FOR
FOOD, SUPPOSEDLY DANGEROUS
FOOD SOLD OUT OF SIDEWALK
STANDS ALL OVER.
HOW UNSAFE IS IT?
>> I DON'T THINK YOU COULD
GIVE ANY GRADE TO THIS TYPE OF
OPERATION.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
MONITORING.
DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF
HAND-WASHING PROVISIONS.
>> REPORTER: WITHIN MINUTES,
INSPECTORS DISMANTLE THE STAND
AND THROW AWAY QUESTIONABLE
FOOD AND CART OFF MOST OF THE
EQUIPMENT.
IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF A
LONG NIGHT FOR THE FOOD
VEHICLE INSPECTION TEAM.
>> WE COVER THE FULL RANGE OF
FOOD ACTIVITIES ON WHEELS FROM
THE MOBILE FOOD PREPARATION,
THE HOT TRUCKS, FULL SERVICE
TRUCKS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
THE SIMPLE ICE CREAM CARTS AND
ALL THE THINGS IN BETWEEN.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY
THINGS THAT THIS UNIT DOES IN
THE STREETS.
>> WE ARE FROM THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
>> REPORTER: EVERY MORNING,
HEALTH INSPECTORS CHECK THE
LICENSED, LEGALLY OPERATING
MOBILE FOOD UNITS FROM LARGE
TRUCKS TO SMALL VENDORS, A BIG
JOB.
>> FOR VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING
AT A LEGITIMATE NUMBER
APPROXIMATING 6,000.
>> REPORTER: THAT'S JUST THE
REGISTERED VEHICLES.■
NOBODY KNOWS HOW MANY
UNLICENSED VENDORS ARE OUT
THERE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT HARD TO FIND.
MOST OF THE FOOD LOOKS AND
SMELLS REALLY GOOD.
CLOSE-UP IN SOME CASES, WE
FOUND OPERATORS, NOT WEARING■
GLOVES AND SOMEONE HANDLING
FOOD, GOING TO THE BATHROOM
BEHIND A STAND AND CONTINUING
TO HANDLE FOOD WITHOUT WASHING
THEIR HANDS.
HEALTH INSPECTORS RAID THEM
REGULARLY.
>> THIS IS NOT A RESTAURANT.
THIS IS NOT A RESTAURANT.
>> LICENSING IS MORE OF A
FISCAL MATTER.
WERE CONCERN■D WITH THE FOOD
PREPARATIONS.
>> REPORTER: FROM HOT FOOD NOT
HOT ENOUGH.
>> THIS SHOULD BE 41 OR LOW OR
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS
119, JUST ABOVE BODY
TEMPERATURE.
AND THIS IS A PERFECT MEDIUM
FOR BACTERIA GROWTH.
>> REPORTER: THE ANGRY VENDOR
INSISTS THE FOOD IS SAFE.
HEALTH INSPECTORS FIND FOOD
THAT'S NOT COLD ENOUGH.
THE PUDDINGS WITH THE DAIRY
PRODUCTS, THEY SHOULD BE
REFRIGERATORS.
IT'S PRETTY WARM, IN THE UPPER
60s.
THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE 41
FAHRENHEIT OR LESS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EASILY, THAT'S
50 AND IT WILL PROBABLY RISE
OVER THE COURSE OF THE
EVENING.
>> REPORTER: CORN IS SOLD OUT
OF A GARBAGE CAN.
>> THEY SLATHER IT WITH
MAYONNAISE WITH NO TEMPERATURE
CONTROL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
AND SPRINKLE THE CHEESE.
>> REPORTER: AGAIN, NO
REFRIGERATION, THE DANGER IS
SERIOUS.
>> POISONINGS.
IT COULD GO FROM QUEASY
STOMACH OR MILD, TO PROFUSE
VOMITING, DIARRHEA.
VENDORS GET ANGRY.
>> WHY?
THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
>> REPORTER: HOW ABOUT THE
TEMPERATURE THING AND THE
THING ABOUT THE HETH ISSUE AND
SO FORTH.
PEOPLE COULD GET SICK.
>> WELL, YEAH, THEY COULD.
BUT I GUESS THEY ARE NOT
COMPLAINING.
NOBODY SHOULD BE HURT.
IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
>> REPORTER: VENDORS AND
HEALTH OFFICIALS AGREE NOT
EVERYWHERE IS DANGEROUS.
THERE ARE MANY LEGAL, CLEAN
OPERATIONS.
THE TRICK FOR THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS TO FIND THE ONES
THAT ARE NOT.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF?
IN THE NEXT PART, WE'LL HAVE
THE ANSWER.