'High Level' Food Violations Found At US Bank Stadium: ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — An ESPN investigation is shedding light food safety violations it says were found at U.S. Bank Stadium. Out of 107 stadiums ranked, the home of the Minnesota Vikings is the 90th-cleanest, according to the report.

"High level" violations were found in 116 of the 195 outlets inspect at the stadium, says ESPN. The stadium had an average of 1.08 high level violations per inspection, the report found.

ESPN highlighted hand washing and food preparation violations found at the stadium:

"HANDWASHING ISSUES
Inspection notes from Oct. 1, 2017, state that one area did not have water the entire day, indicating that employees were not washing their hands. The notes indicated that employees had asked their supervisors multiple times for water, but they never fixed the issue."

"FOOD TOO WARM
The temperature in a walk-in cooler was 50 degrees, when it should have been 41 or below, on Sept. 11, 2017. Several items, including chicken and beef, were tossed out because they were too warm."

"BARE HANDS USED
Inspectors saw a worker add batter to rice with his bare hands in the commissary kitchen on the same day. Another employee was not wearing a hair net."

Read the entire ESPN report here.

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