- Critical: Time as a Public Health Control* (corrected on site)
Observation: No written procedures for the use of time as a public health control with potentially hazardous foods.
Correction: Provide written procedures for the use of time as a public health control. The procedures must include the following steps or practices: a. Food must be marked with the time within which it must be cooked, served or discarded. b. The food is served or discarded within four hours from the time when the food is removed from temperature control c. Food in unmarked containers or packages, or for which the time expires is discarded and d. Written procedures are maintained in the food establishment and made available to the regulatory authority upon request e. Once time is implemented as a control measure for potentially hazardous food, no other measures may be substituted.
- Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
Observation: Observed accumulations of dust, dirt, food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces: interior of steam table.
Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
- Ventilation Systems - Cleaning Ventilation Systems - Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition
Observation: Vent filters in the hood system are not being maintained in a clean condition.
Correction: Maintain hood system vent filters in a clean condition.
|
03/03/2016 | Routine | |
Food in and on refrigerated prep table is in temperature danger zone. Operator adjusted unit to a colder temperature. Advised to monitor unit and if potentially hazardous foods cannot be maintained consistently at or below 41 degrees F, it should not be used. Advised any potentially hazardous foods in the temperature danger zone for 4 or more hours cannot be served. Need to indicate on the menu which foods may be served undercooked or raw. These can be indicated with an asterisk.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
Observation: In use open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils.
Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands (2) The container and (3) Exposed food clean equipment, utensils, and linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands. (cooked bacon, toast, lettuce, etc)
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Potatoes and sausage are hot holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Hot hold potentially hazardous food at 135°F or above to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Some foods in refrigerated prep table are cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (corrected on site)
Observation: Raw and/or undercooked foods is/are provided on the menu, menu board, table tent or brochure without proper disclosure.
Correction: The Consumer Advisory shall include a disclosure statement that includes a description of the animal-derived foods and identification of the animal-derived foods by asterisking (*) them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain raw or undercooked ingredients.
- Temperature Measuring Devices (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the refrigerated prep table.
Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature.
- Critical: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers* (corrected on site)
Observation: Container of oven cleaner not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Correction: Containers must be located in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
|
06/15/2015 | Routine | |
| No violation noted during this evaluation. | 03/16/2015 | Routine | |
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Raw bacon is cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) baked potatoes in the refrigeration unit are not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Temperature Measuring Devices (corrected on site)
Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the back refrigerator.
Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature.
|
11/05/2014 | Routine | |
Operator adjusted temperatures of refrigerators which were not holding at proper temperatures and will continue to monitor.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Food in 2 units at bar are cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Temperature - Food Temperature Measuring Devices - Provided
Observation: The person in charge could not provide a food temperature measuring device.
Correction: Obtain at least one food temperature measuring device so employees can properly monitor the temperature of food items in the establishment.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwashing facility located in the kitchen is blocked, preventing access by employees for easy handwashing.
Correction: Access to the handwashing facility identified above is to be available during all hours of operation. Remove the broom and long-handled dust pan in front of it preventing its use.
|
08/07/2014 | Routine | |
Reminded that only kitchen/food employees are allowed in food prep areas. This includes going to ice machine and scooping ice for drinks. Reminded that cloth towels are not allowed to be used for wiping hands and should be removed from aprons, etc.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: When tested, no sanitizer or a low concentration of chemical sanitizer was found in the wiping cloth bucket storing wiping cloths used on food contact surfaces.
Correction: Provide at proper concentration and immerse or expose food contact surfaces to sanitizing solution for adequate time.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Individual containers of butter are cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) potatoes in the refrigeration unit are not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
|
04/03/2014 | Routine | |
Reminded not to use cloth towel to wipe hands in kitchen. Use paper towels for this purpose. Health department permit issued. Operator said he will repair handsink.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Cooked whole potatoes and cooked cut potatoes are cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Plumbing System Maintained in Good Repair
Observation: Cold water faucet on kitchen handsink is not operational.
Correction: Repair and maintain all plumbing components and fixtures.
|
12/30/2013 | Routine | |
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Critical: Warewashing - Manual & Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Concentration & Hardness* (corrected on site)
Observation: Quaternary Ammonium sanitizing solution used was not at an acceptable concentration in 3 compartment sink.
Correction: Adjust the sanitizing solution to 200 parts per million or otherwise identified by manufacturer's recommendations.
|
09/19/2013 | Routine | |
| No violation noted during this evaluation. | 05/02/2013 | Routine | |
Permit issued.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 01/08/2013 | Routine | |
Restaurant representatives - add corrected or new information about Boardwalk Cafe (01-0859), 1503 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 »