TAQUERIA LA TAMPIQUENA received a B, scoring 88 out of 100, in a Gwinnett County food-service inspection on Jun 20, 2026. The official report lists five findings. [1]
The report states: “&2Observed several employee cups/water bottles being stored in food prep areas throughout facility.” [2]
The inspector also observed residential use pesticide being stored within facility. [3]
A separate finding described all employees not wearing hair restraints. [4]
Showing 5 of 5 findings
&2Observed several employee cups/water bottles being stored in food prep areas throughout facility. Employees shall consume food and drink only in approved designated areas separate from food preparation and serving areas, equipment or utensil areas and food storage areas (unless drinking from a single service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination of the employee's hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles). (C) Corrective Actions: All items were relocated to designated employee areas.
Code .03(5)(k)1
&2Observed several employee cups/water bottles being stored in food prep areas throughout facility. Employees shall consume food and drink only in approved designated areas separate from food preparation and serving areas, equipment or utensil areas and food storage areas (unless drinking from a single service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination of the employee's hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles). (C) Corrective Actions: All items were relocated to designated employee areas.Official report · Item 2-2B ↗
Observed residential use pesticide being stored within facility. Restricted use pesticides specified in Rule .07(6)(e)3 shall meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 152 Subpart I. (P) Corrective Actions: Restricted use pesticide was removed from facilty.
Code .07(6)(l)
Observed residential use pesticide being stored within facility. Restricted use pesticides specified in Rule .07(6)(e)3 shall meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 152 Subpart I. (P) Corrective Actions: Restricted use pesticide was removed from facilty.Official report · Item 8-2B ↗
Observed all employees not wearing hair restraints. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: Hair restraints were placed.
Code .03(5)(j)
Observed all employees not wearing hair restraints. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: Hair restraints were placed.Official report · Item 12B ↗
Observed several wet wiping cloths being stored in food prep areas throughout facility. Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be stored in sanitizer of the appropriate concentration in-between uses and laundered daily. (C) Corrective Actions: All wet wiping cloths were placed in sanitizer bucket to be stored in between uses.
Code .04(4)(m)
Observed several wet wiping cloths being stored in food prep areas throughout facility. Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be stored in sanitizer of the appropriate concentration in-between uses and laundered daily. (C) Corrective Actions: All wet wiping cloths were placed in sanitizer bucket to be stored in between uses.Official report · Item 12C ↗
Upon arrival observed the inspection report being hidden behind food storage cart and business card covering the current score. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. (C) Corrective Actions: Today's inspection report will be given for posting, PIC given instructions on how to properly display inspection report.
Code .02(1)(d)
Upon arrival observed the inspection report being hidden behind food storage cart and business card covering the current score. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. (C) Corrective Actions: Today's inspection report will be given for posting, PIC given instructions on how to properly display inspection report.Official report · Item 13A ↗
Correction and repeat labels quote the report. An absent label leaves correction status unknown; a deadline does not confirm a correction.
Gwinnett County · Jun 20, 2026
02 / Same facility ↗Official inspection historyAvailable records for this official facility
03 / How scoring works ↗Georgia’s food-service rulesScores and findings describe the dated inspection, not current operating conditions. A correction deadline does not establish whether an issue remained unresolved afterward.
Findings quote the official report captured . “Corrected on site” and “repeat” reflect explicit report markers. “COS” and “CA” in the inspector’s notes refer to corrections and corrective actions; an instruction to act is not proof that it was completed.
History links the same official facility ID within the issuing authority and may omit intervening inspections. Same-day results have no inferred sequence. Report excerpts follow source order, not a severity ranking.
This report comes from Gwinnett County. History includes only this authority’s exact facility ID.
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