In South Texas there are few activities more popular than watching high school football game under the lights with a hot dog in hand.
But is that hot dog purchased at the concession stand putting fans’ health at risk?
The Metro Health Department said it is its job to find out.
"The ultimate goal of our inspection staff is to safeguard the residents and citizens of San Antonio against food-borne illnesses and unsafe practices," said Steve Barscewski of the Metro Health Department.
In a span of a few hours every Friday night, concessions stands at high school stadiums across South Texas serve hundreds of fans.
Keeping some foods cold, keeping some foods hot, and keeping it clean are the main rules.
If followed, everyone wins.
If not, the whistle will be blown.
That's what happened at the San Antonio ISD Sports Complex at Burbank High School.
During an inspection in September, health officials found "evidence of insect contamination".
The school district said the problem has since been fixed.
At Harlandale Memorial Stadium, health inspectors found hot dogs left out "longer than four hours" and “cobwebs on the ceiling”.
A Harlandale ISD spokesperson said the district immediately tackled the problem.
The hot dogs were tossed and the concession stand was cleaned.
At East Central Stadium, an inspection report noted the concession stand being in "bad sanitary condition".
According to the health report, "foods were left out at room temperature", while "rotten foods were left inside non-working cooler".
The school district said it was blind-sided as the inspection came just days after a storm knocked out power to its stadium.
Since then, East Central ISD said all has been cleaned up.
Health inspectors found the majority of stadiums in San Antonio to have few, if any, infractions.
However, not all concession stands were inspected during a game.
Some stadiums were inspected at times when there wasn't even food at the facility.
"We do make the attempts to go at those times (during the game), but it's not always possible," said Barscewski.
That leaves eating a hot dog even at high school stadiums with spotless inspections far from a sure score.
To view a copy of the stadiums' health inspection report, click on the following links.
