🍽️ Food Inspections
Dubuque Health Inspection: Fuel Express Food Mart Cited with 4 Violations
🍽️ OFFICIAL FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT
On September 28, 2026, state food safety specialists from the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing conducted a Routine of FUEL EXPRESS FOOD MART located at 250 W 1st ST Dubuque, IA 52001. A total of 4 violations were documented.
📅 Inspection Date: September 28, 2026
📍 Address: 250 W 1st ST Dubuque, IA 52001
⚠️ Violations Recorded: 4
🔍 Type: Routine
📞 Phone: 201-294-1656
📋 Inspector Observations & Violations
Violation Code: 2-103.11(O)
Health Violation
Food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with law, to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food, as specified under 2-201.11(A)
Inspector Comments:
--Observation: Establishment could not provide a verifiable health reporting policy.
--Observation: Establishment could not provide a verifiable health reporting policy.
Violation Code: 2-501.11
Health Violation
Established procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
Inspector Comments:
--Observation: Establishment does not have written procedures to respond and clean up vomiting and diarrheal events.
--Observation: Establishment does not have written procedures to respond and clean up vomiting and diarrheal events.
Violation Code: 3-501.17
Health Violation
Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
Inspector Comments:
--Observation: Opened chili and cheese sauces in cold holding unit did not have any date markings. Corrected on site by Person in Charge discarding.
--Observation: Opened chili and cheese sauces in cold holding unit did not have any date markings. Corrected on site by Person in Charge discarding.
Violation Code: 6-301.12
Health Violation
Hand drying provided
Inspector Comments:
--Observation: Hand washing sink in basement next to three compartment sink does not have any hand drying available.
--Observation: Hand washing sink in basement next to three compartment sink does not have any hand drying available.
About Public Food Safety Records: Food inspections represent an official snapshot of conditions at the time of inspection conducted by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (Food Safety Bureau) and local partner health divisions. Violations are frequently corrected immediately on-site prior to the inspector leaving. Official inspection records and past history are publicly accessible on the state portal at iowa.safefoodinspection.com.