Meadow View Nursing: Food Safety Failures Found - ID
It was 12:25 in the afternoon on September 22, 2025, when an inspector walking through Meadow View Nursing and Rehabilitation spotted the carafe. The use-by date on it read 9/21/25. A registered nurse on the floor, asked about it, said the juice should not have been used past that date.
Nobody had pulled it.
Seven minutes earlier, in the C dining room, the inspector had found three containers of dry cereal sitting on a back counter available for residents. Their use-by date was 9/19/25 — three days gone. An LPN working the floor said the same thing the nurse said about the juice: it should not be used past the date. A staff member identified in the report only by title removed the containers and acknowledged the cereal should have been pulled already.
The kitchen, meanwhile, had its own problems.
At 12:30 PM, the assistant dietary manager was working in the food preparation area without a beard cover over his facial hair. When an inspector raised it five minutes later, he said he didn't think he needed one because his facial hair was short. Idaho's food code does not make exceptions for hair length. It requires beard restraints designed and worn to keep hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, and utensils.
At 12:40 PM, an opened bottle of red food coloring sat in the kitchen with no label indicating when it had been opened. The assistant dietary manager, asked about it at 12:52, said all food items should be labeled with opened and used-by dates. This one was not.
The deficiency was cited at the "minimal harm or potential for actual harm" level, meaning inspectors did not document that any resident became ill as a result of what they found. The citation covered all residents who received meals from the kitchen.
What the inspection captured, in the space of about 40 minutes, was a kitchen operating without the basic controls that exist to keep residents from eating food that could make them sick: dates ignored, labels missing, and the person managing food preparation that afternoon working uncovered over the food being prepared.
The assistant dietary manager knew the rules. He said so himself.
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Meadow View Nursing and Rehabilitation in Nampa, ID was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 19, 2025.
It was 12:25 in the afternoon on September 22, 2025, when an inspector walking through Meadow View Nursing and Rehabilitation spotted the carafe.
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.