Lorien Taneytown: Food Temperature Failures Found - MD
Inspectors found out they were right.
During a complaint inspection on September 22, 2025, a surveyor requested a test tray directly from the facility's lunch service line at 12:30 PM. The tray came back with roast beef, steamed vegetables, roasted red potatoes, a dinner roll, pumpkin pie, vanilla ice cream, and cranberry juice. The Dietary Director, identified in the report as Staff #12, was present and took the temperatures herself.
The steamed vegetables read 121 degrees. The roasted potatoes read 121 degrees. Both required at least 140 degrees. The roast beef hit 146, clearing the threshold. But the pumpkin pie came back at 63 degrees and the cranberry juice at 61, when both needed to be kept at 40 degrees or below.
Hot foods too cold, cold foods too warm, all of it measured by the facility's own dietary director, standing at her own serving line.
The facility's written policy acknowledged exactly what was at stake: foods must be kept refrigerated below 45 degrees or heated above 140 degrees to prevent the growth of pathogenic organisms. The test tray, pulled straight from the line residents were being served from, failed on both counts.
Residents #67 and #17 had flagged the problem to inspectors during the initial tour that same morning, more than three hours before the tray was tested. The inspection report noted the violation affected many residents.
The following day, Staff #12 told inspectors she would provide training to her staff on proper food temperatures.
The residents who had been eating the food had not waited for an inspection to notice something was wrong. They had said so the moment someone asked.
Full Inspection Report
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LORIEN TANEYTOWN, INC in TANEYTOWN, MD was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 25, 2025.
Inspectors found out they were right.
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.