Which local eateries won Crawford County’s food safety awards?

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• The Crawford County Public Health Department has announced the winners of its 2024 Food Safety Awards.
• The awards recognize food establishments that demonstrate exceptional efforts in food safety.
• This year, 46 food facilities received either a Superior or Excellent Food Safety Award.

The Crawford County Public Health announced its 2024 Food Safety Award winners.

The awards, given annually, recognize food establishments that demonstrate exceptional efforts in food safety, according to the announcement.

The food licensing year in Ohio runs March 1 through the end of February the following year. Crawford County Public Health (CCPH) began the Food Safety Award Program in 2012, and the number of recipients has grown significantly since then.

Blythe Delise, director of environmental health, oversees the licensing and inspection program for all food facilities licensed with CCPH.

“This is the largest number of facilities we have ever recognized with food safety awards,” Delise said. “The inspectors show up unannounced for their inspections and it is not easy to win either award. Our initial year of presenting food safety awards resulted in 10 award winners and it is great to see that number grow each year. This demonstrates our local facilities are truly committed to ensuring that the food they serve is prepared safely.”

Award winners include restaurants, schools and care facilities

This year, 46 food facilities received either a Superior or Excellent Food Safety Award.

The Superior Award is given to facilities with zero violations of any kind during the entire year. The 13 recipients of the Superior Award are:

• American Legion (Bucyrus)
• Bucyrus Elementary School
• Bucyrus Little League Concession #1
• Carle’s Bratwurst (Bucyrus)
• Center Street Meats (Bucyrus)
• Crawford County Council on Aging (Bucyrus)
• Dairy Crest (Bucyrus)
• Gionino’s Pizzeria (Bucyrus)
• Little Athens (Bucyrus)
• Taco Bell (Bucyrus)
• Woody Ridge Golf Course
• Wynford Elementary
• Wynford High School

The Excellent Award is given to facilities with zero critical violations and no more than three non-critical violations during the entire year. The 33 recipients of the Excellent Award are:

• Altercare (Bucyrus)
• Aumiller Park Concession (Bucyrus)
• Baker’s Pizza (Bucyrus)
• BAY Soccer (Bucyrus Area Youth Soccer)
• Bean Daddy (New Washington)
• Buckeye Central Schools (New Washington)
• Bucyrus Community Hospital
• Bucyrus High School
• Bucyrus Little League Concession #2
• Burger King (Bucyrus)
• Carlisle Place (Bucyrus)
• Cooper’s Mill (Bucyrus)
• Crestline Child Care
• Crestline High School
• Crestline Nursing Center
• Dutchtown Dari Bar (New Washington)
• Frank’s Treat Time (Crestline)
• Gochenour Meats (New Washington)
• Hannah & William Crawford School
• Just Jokin’ (Crestline)
• Katering Kountry Style (Bucyrus)
• The Lincoln Diner (Bucyrus)
• Mark’s Homemade Ice Cream (Bucyrus)
• Master Hibachi (Bucyrus)
• McDonald’s (Crestline)
• Old 30 BBQ (Bucyrus)
• Pelican Coffee House (Bucyrus)
• Pizza Hut (Bucyrus)
• St. Joseph Convocation Center (Crestline)
• Tim Horton’s (Bucyrus)
• Wagon Wheel Campground (Shelby)
• Wal-Mart (Bucyrus)
• Wendy’s (Bucyrus)

For more information on food safety, contact Crawford County Public Health at 419-562-5871. Follow Crawford County Public Health on Facebook for daily updates and program activities.

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