Fast Trak Food Service Suspended

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing has shut down food service and suspended the license at Fast Track in Elkader due to recent food-safety inspections. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that the Fast-Trak was inspected four times by the state since mid-May and was cited for several violations, including mouse droppings observed near traps in the kitchen area, and an infestation of flying insects observed around the facility . The Department stated that the Fast Trak must halt all food preparation and stop the sale of all temperature-controlled retail food items “due to gross unsanitary conditions of food-contact services and ware-washing facilities, soiled cooking equipment and utensils and excessive refuse in kitchen and storage areas contributing to a pest infestation throughout the facility.” The state’s order suspending the establishment’s food license took effect immediately.