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Restaurant: Sharks Fish & Chicken
Address: 7700 North 1st Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35206
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: Mar 27, 2012

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98

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3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below. / Raw chicken stored in the prep cooler 54F, mac & cheese and baked beans stored in the glass-door cooler 46F-49F, all voluntarily discarded: cease storing food in these coolers until holding food at proper temperature (thawed foods in the prep cooler were ice-bathed for temperature holding pending unit servicing).
4-301.11 Provide enough equipment to maintain all cold-held potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below./ Air temps of both the prep and glass-door coolers measured 50F (thawed products in the prep cooler were ice-bathed).
4-302.12 Provide appropriate, readily accessible thermometers for all coolers./ Food thermometers placed in the glass-door cooler inoperative and inaccurate (provide functional and accurate air temp thermometer).
4-204.11 Provide exhaust ventilation systems designed to prevent grease or condensation from draining or dripping onto food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles./ Grease drippage from the top of the filter mounts and fire extinguisher lines in the vent hood.
6-304.11 Provide mechanical ventilation to keep rooms free of excessive heat,smoke, and fumes./ Incomplete capture of smoke from the deep fryers by the vent hood.
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep areas./ Repair or replace the inoperative light fxture at the fryers.
6-202.11 Provide shields or shatter-resistant light bulbs for the functioning light fixtures at the fryers./ Fixture cover missing.

Seafood COO disclosure notice posted during the inspection.

4-602.13 Clean non food contact surfaces as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue./ Grease build-up on the sides of the deep fryers; food residues on the door and handle of the RI cooler (evidence of missed glove changes/handwashing). Defrost the chest freezers.
4-204.11 Provide exhaust ventilation systems designed to prevent grease or condensation from draining or dripping onto food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles./ Grease drippage from the top of the filter mounts and fire extinguisher lines (R), condensing on the ceiling of the hood canopy.

Discussed new online training option for foodhandlers.

4-202.16 Repair or replace the badly damaged chest freezer lid.
4-204.11 Provide exhaust ventilation systems designed to prevent grease or condensation from draining or dripping onto food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles./ Grease condensing on the ceiling of the hood canopy (R).
6-304.11 Provide mechanical ventilation to keep rooms free of excessive smoke./ Incomplete capture of smoke from the deep fryers by the vent hood; food prep area is very smoky (fryers are not positioned beneath the hood canopy with minimum overhang).
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep and warewashing areas./ Inoperative light fixture in the rear prep and warewashing area.
6-501.14 Clean ventilation hood filters.

There are some damaged floor tiles in the WI cooler that should be repaired or replaced.

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