Valley Mart, 5118 Pinson Valley Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35215 - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Valley Mart
Address: 5118 Pinson Valley Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35215
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: Feb 29, 2012
Score
(the higher the better)

88

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Inspection findings

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  • Equipment; food contact surfaces (non-cooking) clean; sanitized. Sanitization temperature, concentration, time.
  • Food contact surfaces characteristics. Single service/use used when required.
  • Hands clean; properly washed. No bare hand contact; approved alternative. No eating, drinking, tobacco use.
  • Handwashing facilities: Soap, towels/drying device, sign, use restrictions.
  • Lighting, Ventilation: adequate. Ventilation system(filters), clean, operated. Lights shielded.
  • Potentially hazardous food meets temperature requirements during cold holding. Time as a public health control. Consumer Advisory used if required.
  • Potentially hazardous food meets temperature requirements during receiving, cooking, hot holding, cooling. Pasteurized eggs used if required.
Aug 1, 2011 73
  • Cooking surfaces, non-food contact surfaces: clean. Frequency; Methods; Refills.
  • Lighting, Ventilation: adequate. Ventilation system(filters), clean, operated. Lights shielded.
  • Properly labeled; Original container. Records. Code, date, outdated
Sep 21, 2011 97
  • Cooking surfaces, non-food contact surfaces: clean. Frequency; Methods; Refills.
  • Cooling methods. Facilities to maintain product temperature. Plant food cooking.
  • Food contamination prevented during storage, preparation, display, handling, other.
  • Potentially hazardous food meets temperature requirements during cold holding. Time as a public health control. Consumer Advisory used if required.
  • Toxic or poisonous items; Medicines; First aid materials: Stored; Labeled; Used.
Feb 29, 2012 88

Violation descriptions and comments

Aug 1, 2011

2-301.14 Wash hands before donning gloves and between each glove change. 3-301.11 Use gloves or utensils to handle ready to eat food.
3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 135 F or below. Food sitting at 90 - 100 degrees on counter.
3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below. Refrigerator at 50 degrees F.
3-501.17 Cease the sale, use, or service of all potentially hazardous food prepared in-house after 7 days when stored at 41 F or below. Food items are labeled with what they are but not with the date they were prepared on.
3-304.11 Prevent the contact of food with non-food contact surfaces, or, with food contact surfaces that are not properly cleaned and sanitized. 4-501.114, 4-703.11 Sanitize utensils with chlorine for 10 seconds or more at the following corresponding temperatures and concentrations: 25 ppm at 120 F or higher; 50 ppm at 75 F or higher; or, 100 ppm at 55 F or higher. Employee observed not sanitizing utensils.
4-101.11 Provide food grade containers for storing all foods. Shopping bags used to store food in in refrigerator.
5-205.11 Cease using handsinks for any purpose other than handwashing. Observed employee rinsing produce in handsink.
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep and ware washing areas. Lights in kitchen not on, not enough light in prep area. 6-304.11 Provide mechanical ventilation to keep rooms free of excessive heat, steam, condensation, vapors, smoke, fumes, and obnoxious odors. Very hot in kitchen area.

Sep 21, 2011

3-602.12 Cease changing or covering the manufacturers date limit. Date on baby food covered.
4-602.13 Clean non food contact surfaces as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue. Retail shelves in market, shelving in cooler.
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep and ware washing areas. Kitchen needs more lighting - replace burnt out bulbs.
6-501.14 Clean air ducts and filters to prevent contamination. Clean fan covers in walk-in cooler.

Feb 29, 2012

3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below. Point of use cooler not maintaining proper temperature, product 38-43 degrees F.
7-102.11 Label all toxic items not in original containers with the common name of the product. Multiple spray bottles that are unlabeled.
3-501.15 Cease wrapping or covering food until cooled.3-501.15 Use shallow pans that facilitate heat transfer when cooling food.
3-307.11 Store raw animal foods with higher required cooking temperatures below those with lower required cooking temperatures. Raw animals stored in improper order.
3-307.11 Cover all food in storage.
4-602.13 Clean non food contact surfaces as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue. Shelves in walk-in cooler have substantial residue build-up.

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