Great Dragon, 3911 Center Point Ne Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 - inspection findings and violations



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Name: GREAT DRAGON
Address: 3911 Center Point Ne Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Phone: 319-294-0397
Total inspections: 5
Last inspection: 12/01/2015

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Inspection findings

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  • Plumbing system repaired according to law
    Observation: Both water handles on mop sink leak.
  • PHF/TCS foods maintained at 41°F or below, except during preparation, cooling, cooling, or when time is used as a public health control
    Observation: Raw chicken and raw shrimps were stored in room temperature in kitchen. Moved to cooler. Corrected.
  • Material characteristics of non-food contact surfaces
    Observation: The lower shelf of prep table next to dish machine is rusty. REPEAT VIOLATION
  • Sanitization methods - hot water, chemical
    Observation: Sanitizer in bucket was tested too strong.
  • Storage and maintenance of wet and dry wiping cloths
    Observation: Wet wiping cloths not maintain in sanitizing solution after uses.
  • Utensils and pressure measuring devices maintained
    Observation: The lid of flour storage bin cracked.
  • Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    Observation:1) Personal food was stored in rice warmer with cooked rice together. Discarded. 2) Several food buckets in walk-in cooler not covered, such as beef, chicken, cut vegetables, and fried items. REPEAT VIOLATION
12/01/2015Regular
  • Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    Observation: Several food items in walk-in cooler were not covered properly, such as cut onion, raw chichen, and raw beef. Muest provide lids to cover food to prevent sources to contamination. REPEAT VIOLATION.
  • Established procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    Observation: Food establishment must have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the food establishment. REPEAT VIIOLATION
  • Material characteristics of non-food contact surfaces
    Observation: 1) Wood pallets have paint chipping away. 2) The lower shelf of prep table next to dish machine is rusty. Replace or repaint to provide smooth, easy cleanable, and nonabsorbent contact surface.
  • Toilet room
    receptacle, enclosed, fixtures clean
  • Eating, drinking, or using tobacco
    Observation: Employee beverage cup has no lid. Food employee must drink from a closed beverage container to prevent mouth to hand contamination.
  • Drying mops
    Observation: Used mop was stored in mop bucket. Must provide a hook for mop or drape over bucket to allow to air dry in between uses. REPEAT VIOLATION
05/22/2015Regular
  • Established procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    Observation: Food establishment must have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the food establishment.
  • Separating raw animal foods from raw ready to eat food and separating raw animal food from cooked ready to eat foods
    Observation: Raw meats were stored above sauce buckets in walk-in cooler. Raw animal food must be stored below ready to eat food. REPEAT VIOLATION
  • Toilet room
    receptacle, enclosed, fixtures clean
  • Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    Observation: The following items in kitchen were not covered properly: 1)opened thin soy sauce and soy sauce containers on dry goods shelves, 2) Raw meats buckets in walk-in cooler, 3) a bowl of bread crumbs stored on lower shelf of food prep table next to dish machine. Must provide lids to cover food to prevent sources of contamination.
  • Package integrity
    Observation: Dented cans stored on dry goods shelves. Must discard any can that is dented on top, bottom, or side seals. Also any can that cannot sit level on shelf without wobbling.
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Observation: The following items in walk-in cooler were not date marked: 1)cooked rice, 2)raw meats, 3)cream cheese, 4)egg rolls. All potentially hazardous food have to be date marked. REPEAT VIOLATION.
  • Sanitization methods - hot water, chemical
    Observation: Didn't have sanitizer made up at time of inspection at front. Must have sanitizer made during all business hours to prevent buildup of bacteria and spread of disease. REPEAT VIOLATION
  • Drying mops
    Observation: Used mop was stored in mop container. Must provide a hook for mop or drape over bucket to allow to air dry in between uses.
  • When to wash
    Observation: Food employee didn't wash hands between touch clean and dirty dishes when working at dish machine area. Food employee must clean their hands before touching clean plates. Corrected at time of inspection.
  • Fingernail maintenance, polish, and artificial fingernails
    Observation: Food employee is wearing nail polish. Food employee may not wear fingernail polish when working with exposed food.
  • Light bulbs, protective shielding
    Observation: Light bulbs were not covered or shielded on cold hold buffet table. Must provide an adequate cover or shatter resistant bulbs in area where their is exposed food.
11/12/2014Regular
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Observation: Over all very good date marking. Crab Ragoon stuffing in walk-in cooler not date marked. All potentially hazardous food have to be date marked.
  • Outer openings are protected
    Observation: Screen door in the back of kitchen has two damaged areas. Replace as needed.
  • Separating raw animal foods from raw ready to eat food and separating raw animal food from cooked ready to eat foods
    Observation: Raw chicken was stored over vegetable in walk-in cooler. Must be stored by the cook temperature: higher cook temp items must be stored on the lower shelf.
  • Non-food contact surfaces and food contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans are clean
    Observation: The following areas have rusty food contact surface: 1)lower shelf on rep table next to dish machine 2)racks in walk-in cooler 3)racks in dry storage area.
  • Sanitization methods - hot water, chemical
    Observation:1)Didn't have sanitizer made up at time of inspection in kitchen. Must have sanitizer made during all business hours to prevent buildup of bacteria and spread of disease. 2)Mixed soapy water and sanitizer together for table cleaning. Must separate two different solution. Corrected at time of inspection.
  • Posting inspection reports
    Observation: Didn't have most recent inspection report. Must post in area viewable to the public.
  • In-use utensils, between-use storage
    Observation: Bowl being used as scoop inside of rice warmer in kitchen. Must use utensil with handle stored outside of food and keep inverted to prevent contamination. Corrected at time of inspection.
05/22/2014Routine
  • Storage and maintenance of wet and dry wiping cloths
    1) Wiping cloths not maintained in sanitizer between use, in kitchen, need to provide a wiping bucket for cloths used in kitchen area to keep them submerged. 2) Ice machine has cover removed from front, must replace to protect the ice stored below. 3) Has white shipping paper on sides of ice machine, must remove to aid cleaning. 4) Is using cardboard box of another product to store cookies and peas, must not reuse cardboard for any other uses, provide a cleanable container for this purpose. 5) Clean lower shelves of prep table, foods particles and surfaces getting rusty, may need to resurface is no longer cleanable.
  • Laundry facilities
    requirement, location, and use
  • Separating raw animal foods from raw ready to eat food and separating raw animal food from cooked ready to eat foods
    Raw animal foods not adequately separated from precooked or ready-to-eat foods during storage-has chicken stored over shrimp, and pork over buckets of sauce and vegetables in walk in cooler, must rotate to have meats stored below ready to eat foods and according to final cooking temperature. Will rotate foods in cooler now, correcting on site.
  • Eating, drinking, or using tobacco
    1) Has employee beverages with straw but no lid, must provide a lid for all employee beverages in kitchen area. 2) One staff has bracelets on, must remove all jewelry when working with food.
  • Air drying of equipment and utensils
    Small dessert plates and some metal trays were not fully air dried before stacked, water particles visible now, must allow to fully air dry before stacking items.
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Has several cooked appetizer type foods and one pan of cooked eggs, that are not date marked and made in past 2 days, must date mark any potentially hazardous foods and use within 7 days or discard remainder. Will date things now, Corrected on site.
  • Package integrity
    Dented cans of bamboo shoots and soy sauce on rim, must not use any cans dented on rim and side seams, examples given, will return to food distributor and check all cans before usage.
  • Hand drying provided
    1) Out of paper towels at handsink in kitchen when we arrived, now corrected. 2) No paper towels in men's RR, must keep all handsinks stocked with paper towels.
  • Food employees hair is effectively restrained
    Most working with food are not wearing hair restraint, must wear hair restraint such as hat, visor, or net when working with food.
  • Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    Has several unlabeled working containers of food, ie MSG, cornstarch, flour, sugar, all spices and seasonings by wok. Must provide an accurate label for all foods transferred out of original container to working container.
  • Drying mops
    Wet mop sitting in bucket, must position mop to air dry by draping over the wringer mechanism or on a hook, to allow to air dry some between uses. Correcting on site.
  • Outer openings are protected
    1) Gaps under or around exterior door, must seal around screen door wherever can see light showing through. 2) Neither screen door or solid door at back of kitchen have self closure mechanism, must provide a self closure mechanism to keep pests out.
  • equipment food contact surfaces and utensils clean to sight and touch.
    1) Meat slicer, meat grinder, and can opener need more thorough cleaning, food particles present today. 2) Ice machine chute edge has some buildup, must empty, wash, rinse, sanitize, and let air dry before refill. 3) Ice chute on soda machine has some dark buildup inside at top area, must be cleaned and sanitized. 4) Using plastic tshirt style bag for meat in walk in freezer, must provide a food grade bag for all food. 5) Has rice scoop at buffet in dry container, must provide a container with either hot water at least 135 degrees or higher (ie crock pot), or a running dipper well style if water less than 135 degrees. 6) Using round bowl for scoop in several working containers of food, must provide a utensil with handle and keep inverted out of product, ie sugar, salt, rice. --1) Wiping cloths not maintained in sanitizer between use, in kitchen, need to provide a wiping bucket for cloths used in kitchen area to keep them submerged. 2) Ice machine has cover removed from front, must replace to protect the ice stored below. 3) Has white shipping paper on sides of ice machine, must remove to aid cleaning. 4) Is using cardboard box of another product to store cookies and peas, must not reuse cardboard for any other uses, provide a cleanable container for this purpose. 5) Clean lower shelves of prep table, foods particles and surfaces getting rusty, may need to resurface is no longer cleanable.
  • Multiuse food contact surfaces are constructed of safe materials
    1) Meat slicer, meat grinder, and can opener need more thorough cleaning, food particles present today. 2) Ice machine chute edge has some buildup, must empty, wash, rinse, sanitize, and let air dry before refill. 3) Ice chute on soda machine has some dark buildup inside at top area, must be cleaned and sanitized. 4) Using plastic tshirt style bag for meat in walk in freezer, must provide a food grade bag for all food. 5) Has rice scoop at buffet in dry container, must provide a container with either hot water at least 135 degrees or higher (ie crock pot), or a running dipper well style if water less than 135 degrees. 6) Using round bowl for scoop in several working containers of food, must provide a utensil with handle and keep inverted out of product, ie sugar, salt, rice.
  • Common name-working containers
    Sanitizer bucket for dining room is not labeled, provide a label for all containers to identify contents. Correcting on site.
  • In-use utensils, between-use storage
    1) Meat slicer, meat grinder, and can opener need more thorough cleaning, food particles present today. 2) Ice machine chute edge has some buildup, must empty, wash, rinse, sanitize, and let air dry before refill. 3) Ice chute on soda machine has some dark buildup inside at top area, must be cleaned and sanitized. 4) Using plastic tshirt style bag for meat in walk in freezer, must provide a food grade bag for all food. 5) Has rice scoop at buffet in dry container, must provide a container with either hot water at least 135 degrees or higher (ie crock pot), or a running dipper well style if water less than 135 degrees. 6) Using round bowl for scoop in several working containers of food, must provide a utensil with handle and keep inverted out of product, ie sugar, salt, rice.
  • Hand and arm jewelry prohibition
    1) Has employee beverages with straw but no lid, must provide a lid for all employee beverages in kitchen area. 2) One staff has bracelets on, must remove all jewelry when working with food.
  • Material characteristics of non-food contact surfaces
    1) Wiping cloths not maintained in sanitizer between use, in kitchen, need to provide a wiping bucket for cloths used in kitchen area to keep them submerged. 2) Ice machine has cover removed from front, must replace to protect the ice stored below. 3) Has white shipping paper on sides of ice machine, must remove to aid cleaning. 4) Is using cardboard box of another product to store cookies and peas, must not reuse cardboard for any other uses, provide a cleanable container for this purpose. 5) Clean lower shelves of prep table, foods particles and surfaces getting rusty, may need to resurface is no longer cleanable.
  • Roasts held at a temperature of 130°F or above
    Has cooked pork on wok rack at 88 degrees F now, will discard since not at 135 degrees F or hotter. Must keep all cooked foods at 135 degrees or higher. Corrected on site. --Has creme desserts at 48 degrees F and cooked eggs at 44 degrees, suggest metal pan surrounding with more ice , must monitor closely to ensure all cold items stay at 41 degrees or less. Discarding these items now. Corrected on site.
  • Food storage - preventing contamination from the premises
    1) Had tray of chicken on floor when we arrived, moved to cooler now. 2) Has tray of chicken, box of shrimp, box of noodles on floor in walk in cooler, all foods must be stored at least 6 inches off floor.
  • Indoor and outdoor surfaces
    Buffet set up in dining room on carpeted area, if ever recarpet must provide a floor covering that is smooth, cleanable, and nonabsorbent around the buffet area to aid cleaning.
07/31/2013Routine

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