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Restaurant: Southwest Supermarket
Address: 12 Southwest 1st Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35211
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: May 18, 2012

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90

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4-602.11 Wash, rinse, and sanitize can slicer blade after each period of continuous use, or at least every 4 hours. Accumulation of soil and residue on surface of meat slicer.
3-601.11 Cease the sale of food not labeled for individual retail sale as specified in law. Capri Sun juice pouches and barrel juices.
4-601.11 Clean bottom of RI cooler. Accumulation of residue on the bottom of RI ice cream display cooler. 4-602.13 Clean non food contact surfaces as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue. Accumulation of black residue on bottle glides.
5-501.113 Keep dumpster closed. Lids on dumpster open at the time of the inspection.
6-501.12 Clean facilities (floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, etc.) as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. Accumulation of debris and residue underneath shelving inside of WI cooler and underneath equipment. 6-101.11 Provide smooth, durable, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable floors, walls, and ceilings. Bottom of wall deteriorating behind meat case.

JCDH 2.2 Provide food safety training for all food handlers as required. JCDH 2.2 Provide food safety training for new employees within 21 days of hire.
3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below. Cheese, eggs, luncheon meats, and milk 45째F inside of the RI display cooler. Manager states that the owner increases the temperature so that the cooler will defrost ice. 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain PHF at 41 F or below. PHF in cold holding unit > 41 F due to faulty equipment. Cease use of equipment until repaired and verified by JCDH.
6-501.111 Provide effective insect control. Observed roaches crawling at the time of the inspection.
JCDH 3.2.2 Management allows secondhand smoke in the food establishment. Employee was smoking at the time of the inspection.
ADPH 420-3-22-.03(a) Discard potentially hazardous food requiring refrigeration when past the date limit placed by the manufacturer or packager. Georgia Boy Smoked Sausage expired 03/08/12 and 03/13/12, items discarded prior to the end of the inspection. The following shelf stable items were found to be past the manufacturers date limitation: Hormel Soup Cups chicken with vegetable & rice expired 02/12, Shur Fine spaghetti with meatballs expired 02/20/12. Items were removed from the shelves prior to the end of the inspection and discarded.
3-305.11 Store food at least 6 inches above the floor. Can of vegetables, pickled pig feet, and pickles stored on the floor.
4-601.11 Clean bottom of RI cooler. 4-601.11 Clean shelves and bottoms of refrigerator and freezer. 4-602.11 Clean fan covers on RI coolers and/or RI freezers. 4-602.13 Clean non food contact surfaces as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue. Accumulation of dust, grime, and residue on the botton of RI coolers, RI ice cream display cooler, on fan covers of RI coolers and on fan covers of the WI cooler.
5-501.113 Keep dumpster closed. Lid on dumpster open at the time of the inspection. 5-501.115 Clean the refuse storage area as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. Trash and large amounts of boxes in the dumpster area.
6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged base tiles throughout the facility. 6-101.11 Provide smooth, durable, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable floors, walls, and ceilings. Hole in the ceiling over the counter area.

6-501.111 Provide effective rodent control. Roach crawling on a chest freezer at the time of the inspection.
3-601.11 Cease the sale of food not labeled for individual retail sale as specified in law. Kool - Aid juice jammers.
4-601.11 Clean bottom of RI cooler. Accumulation of grime and residue on the bottom of the RI meat display cooler. 4-602.11 Clean fan covers on RI and WI coolers and/or RI freezers. Accumulation of dust and grime on fan covers of the RI and WI coolers and the RI freezer.
4-202.16 Replace damaged gasket on RI cooler and freezer door. Torn gasket on RI cooler and freezer door.
5-501.113 Keep dumpster closed. 5-501.115 Clean the refuse storage area as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. Debris, residue, and numerous boxes in the dumpster area.
6-101.11 Provide smooth, durable, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable floors, walls, and ceilings. Holes in the walls and ceiling throughout the facility. 6-501.11 Repair damaged floor in WI cooler. Damaged or missing vinyl tile inside of the WI cooler. Repair or replace damaged base tiles throughout the facility. 6-202.15 Provide weatherstripping at outer door to seal opening. 6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged base tiles throughout the facility. 6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged or missing ceiling tiles throughout the facility. 6-501.12 Clean ceiling and/or wall vent covers. Accumulation of dust and grime on ceiling vent covers throughout the facility.

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