Edenbrook on Second Ave: Food Safety Failures - PA
Inspectors were at Edenbrook on Second Ave on September 25, 2025, responding to a complaint. What they documented over the next two hours was not a single lapse in a single room. It was the same pattern, repeated across the main kitchen and three of the facility's five resident pantry areas: filth on surfaces that touch food, and food with no dates to show how long it had been sitting there.
Eight minutes after they noted the kitchen floor, inspectors moved to the A Hall pantry. The cabinet interiors had dust and discolorations. The refrigerator had substance stains. The microwave had used brown napkins stuffed inside it, along with substance stains on both the interior and the exterior. On the shelf sat an opened package of chocolate instant pudding mix with no date written on it, nothing to indicate when it had been opened or whether it was still safe to use.
Seven minutes later, B Hall. An opened plastic bag of white crackers, left without any seal or date. The microwave had food stains and pieces of food on its surfaces. The refrigerator had a soiled brown paper towel sitting inside it.
By 10:12 that morning, inspectors reached Medbridge Hall. The refrigerator had brown-red substance stains along the bottom shelf. In the freezer sat an undated frozen liquid drink. On a refrigerator shelf, a plastic bowl held a tan-colored food substance. No label. No date. No way to know what it was or when it had been placed there. The microwave, like the others, had food pieces and a stain on its interior.
The administrator confirmed all of it at 10:45 AM. The pantry areas were supposed to be kept sanitary. Food items were supposed to be dated. Neither had happened.
You cannot always see, smell, or taste harmful bacteria in food, according to the USDA. That is the problem with undated food in a care setting. A pudding mix opened last week looks identical to one opened last month. A bowl of tan food in a refrigerator gives no indication of whether it was placed there yesterday or days before. The residents eating from these pantries are elderly, often with compromised immune systems, and far less equipped to recover from a foodborne illness than a healthy adult would be.
The violation was cited at the F0812 level, with a finding of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and listed as affecting many residents.
What the inspection does not answer is how long the kitchen floor had gone without a proper cleaning before the morning of September 25, or how many times staff had opened that microwave on A Hall, seen the brown napkins and the stains, and left them there. The administrator's confirmation that these conditions were not acceptable did not include an explanation for why they existed.
Three pantries. One main kitchen. The same failures in each one.
Full Inspection Report
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EDENBROOK ON SECOND AVE in KINGSTON, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 25, 2025.
Inspectors were at Edenbrook on Second Ave on September 25, 2025, responding to a complaint.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.