Richland Nursing and Rehab: Food Safety Failures - PA
Inspectors arrived at Richland Nursing and Rehab on April 27, 2026, and by 11:32 that morning were watching a dietary worker plate corn and assemble beef quesadillas for residents' midday meal. He had a beard. He was not wearing a beard restraint. The facility's own policy, written the previous November, required exactly that when staff cook, prepare, or assemble food.
That was the smaller problem.
At 11:50 a.m., inspectors pulled the kitchen's food temperature logs for April. What they found was a record of work that largely hadn't been done. On April 21 and 22, no lunch temperatures had been recorded. On April 23, nobody had logged temperatures for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. April 24 was missing breakfast and lunch. April 26 had no temperatures recorded for any meal at all.
Five days. Across breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The logs were either blank or incomplete.
The facility's temperature policy exists for a specific reason: food held at the wrong temperature allows pathogens to grow. The policy required temperatures to be checked before trays were assembled for residents.
The dietary manager, interviewed at 12:10 p.m. the same day, confirmed both findings. The worker should have worn a beard restraint and did not. The temperatures should have been taken and recorded and were not.
The violation was cited as affecting many residents, with minimal harm or potential for actual harm noted. Whether any resident became ill in the days those logs sat empty, the inspection report does not say.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Richland Nursing and Rehab from 2026-04-27 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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RICHLAND NURSING AND REHAB in JOHNSTOWN, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 27, 2026.
He was not wearing a beard restraint.
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.