How clean is your grocery?

The odors of sewage and rancid beef envelop the farthest back room of a neighborhood market. Part of the stench stems from raw meat sitting in the grocery store’s meat grinder. The packaged meat doesn’t fare much better. Dozens of hot dogs and sandwich meats are in a broken cooler with a thermometer reading as high as 62 degrees. The suggested temperature: 41. The findings startle even a seasoned Metro Health Department food inspector. However, once Yvette Parks deducts points for an unclean meat room and potentially hazardous temperatures, the Bellshire Valu-Plus on Dickerson Pike still passes the health inspection with a score of 70 — one point above failing. Even if the store had failed...