After being closed down for rodent infestations and gross unsanitary conditions, Cora Pizza has been approved by public health inspectors to reopen. The pizzeria received a Pass notice after undergoing an intense cleanup and correcting all infractions.
Toronto Public Health shut down the Spadina and Harbord pizzeria on Dec. 21 due to poor food safety and hygiene conditions that posed a public health hazard. The infractions included careless food storage, dirty work stations, and a sewer of dirty grease.
Cora Pizza operators are charged with three offences under the provincial Health Protection and Promotion Act for failing to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated, failing to provide adequate pest control, and to prevent a rodent infestation.
According to Jim Chan, manager of food safety programs at Toronto Public Health, Cora Pizza operators are to appear in court in early January.
Toronto health inspectors closed 27 restaurants (out of over 10,000 in the city) and laid 463 charges in 2009 due to health and food-safety infractions, a decrease from last year. Reports for other restaurants can be found here.
