Concordia at Spiritrust Utz Terrace: Food Safety Failures - PA
Both the aide and the dietary manager, standing together during an immediate interview, confirmed what inspectors had just watched. Neither disputed it. The dietary manager said sanitary conditions had not been followed.
The May 2026 inspection of Concordia at Spiritrust Utz Terrace, a nursing home at 2100 Utz Terrace in Hanover, turned up food safety problems across nearly every area inspectors examined, from the spice rack to the service kitchen to the refrigerators near the nursing desk.
On a metal rack in the kitchen, inspectors found a browning and seasoning sauce that had been opened in March 2023. The manufacturer's best-by date on the bottle was July 2024. It had been sitting there for nearly two years past the point the manufacturer considered it safe to use. Alongside it were opened containers of nutmeg, curry, ginger, coriander, and rotisserie seasoning, several dated from the fall of 2025, and one container of ginger with no open date at all, though a delivery label showed it had arrived in January 2025. A bottle of cooking wine opened in September 2025 had a manufacturer best-by date of April 2026, meaning it had already expired by the time inspectors found it in late May.
The dietary aide who showed inspectors the spice rack said she thought spices were supposed to be discarded after six months but would need to check with the dietary manager to be sure. When inspectors did speak with the dietary manager the following day, he confirmed the six-month rule and acknowledged the facility was, in his words, "a little behind."
The flour bin in the kitchen had its lid slid to the side, leaving the container open. The scoop was stored down inside the flour. When the dietary aide reached in to remove it, she used her bare hands.
The test strips used to verify the sanitation level of the three-compartment sink had expired on December 1, 2025, nearly six months before the inspection.
In the service kitchen, inspectors found an uncovered rack of plates stored upright directly beneath a window air conditioning unit that maintenance had recently installed because the kitchen had become too hot. A dietary aide explained that staff turn the unit off when serving food because it blows directly onto the food. The dietary manager later told inspectors he was aware the unit was blowing over the dishes and said he had reported the concern. The plates remained under the unit.
The dining room refrigerator near the beverage dispenser had a black splatter on the back wall and a black spill pooled in the bottom. A dietary aide said staff wipe it down when they have time.
The nourishment area refrigerator near the main nursing desk had small brown spills on a shelf and in the bottom. Individual packets of jelly, salad dressings, and hot chocolate stored there had no dates marked on the packaging.
The nursing home administrator, interviewed on the afternoon of May 27, said he would expect food to be stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner. He said the same about equipment sanitation.
Inspectors cited the facility under Pennsylvania health codes governing licensee responsibility, management, and dietary services. The level of harm was classified as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with some residents affected.
The dietary manager's acknowledgment that the facility was behind on rotating its spice inventory did not address how a sauce two years past its use-by date had remained on the shelf, or how the same aide observed mishandling food during the tray line had been doing that work without correction before inspectors arrived to watch.
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CONCORDIA AT SPIRITRUST UTZ TERRACE in HANOVER, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 28, 2026.
Both the aide and the dietary manager, standing together during an immediate interview, confirmed what inspectors had just watched.
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