- Person in Charge (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils.
Correction: Ensure employees are properly sanitizing cleaned equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing.
- Critical: Food Contact with Equipment and Utensils* (corrected on site)
Observation: Food in contact with equipment or utensils that have not been cleaned or sanitized as required.
Correction: Use only cleaned and sanitized utensils or equipment during food preparation.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: Dishes in the warewashing machine. When tested there was no sanitizer available.
Correction: After cleaning and rinsing of the food-contact surface, the surface shall be effectively sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwash station at the bar is being used for purposes other than washing hands.
Correction: The handwash facility identified above is to be used for washing hands only
- Handwashing Signage/Handwashing Facilities
Observation: A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided at all lavatories used by food employees
Correction: Provide a sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands at all handwashing lavatories used by food employees.
- Critical: Toxics - Conditions of Use* (corrected on site)
Observation: Pesticides are not being applied by a certified applicator.
Correction: Restricted used pesticides are to be applied by an applicator certified as defined in 7 USC 136(e) Certified Applicator, of the Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide Act, or a person under the direct supervision of a certified applicator.
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10/23/2015 | Routine | |
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain the relationship between food safety and providing equipment that is: (a) Sufficient in number and capacity, and (b) Properly designed, constructed, located, installed, operated, and cleaned.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain the hazards involved in the consumption of raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs and fish.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Critical: Parasite Destruction*
Observation: Raw shrimp for service or sale in the ready-to-eat form was not frozen to ensure parasite destruction.
Correction: Assure parasite destruction of raw, raw marinated, partially cooked or marinated-partially cooked fish by freezing to one of the following time/temperature combinations:
1. Freeze at -4°F (-20°C) for 168 hours (7 days) in a freezer
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Cooked re-fried beans cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- 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.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (repeated violation)
Observation: Raw and/or undercooked steaks, eggs, and shrimp 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.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (repeated violation)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: dish through dish machine. When tested no chemical sanitizer available.
Correction: After cleaning and rinsing of the food-contact surface, the surface shall be effectively sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
- Critical: Pests-Controlling Pests*
Observation: Observed methods are not being used to control pests.
Correction: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests shall be controlled to minimize their presence on the premises by using methods such as trapping devices or other methods as required.
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05/29/2015 | Routine | |
| No violation noted during this evaluation. | 06/13/2014 | Follow-up | |
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location (repeated violation)
Observation: Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor. Salsa and cheese sauce inside the walk-in refrigerator.;Elevate food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
- Records - Creation and Retention
Observation: No parasite destruction records maintained for raw, raw marinated, partially cooked or marinated-partially cooked shrimp used for ceviche that are served or sold in ready-to-eat form.
Correction: Record the freezing temperature and time to which the shrimp are subjected and retain the records at the food establishment for 90 calendar days beyond the service or sale of the fish.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (repeated violation)
Observation: A review of the menu with the foodservice operator indicates that there is no consumer advisory for the steaks and ceviche that may be served raw and/or undercooked.
Correction: If an animal food such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, milk, pork, poultry, or shellfish is served or sold raw or undercooked the permit holder shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk of consuming such foods by way of a disclosure and reminder using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards, or other effective written means.
- Hand Drying Provision (corrected on site)
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the dishwashing area.
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
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06/09/2014 | Routine | |
930 - Facility is printing new menu's with the consumer advisory. 0960 2 - New food storage containers are on order.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (repeated violation)
Observation: A review of the menu with the foodservice operator indicates that there is no consumer advisory for the steak and eggs that may be served raw and/or undercooked
Correction: If an animal food such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, milk, pork, poultry, or shellfish is served or sold raw or undercooked the permit holder shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk of consuming such foods by way of a disclosure and reminder using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards, or other effective written means.
- Equipment and Utensils - Multiuse, Characteristics (repeated violation)
Observation: The food contact surface of the plastic garbage cans used to store dry rice and beans is not durable, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable, resistant to pitting.
Correction: Repair or replace the garbage cans to permit easy cleaning and prevent the migration of deleterious substances, or transference of colors, odors, or tastes to food.
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06/07/2013 | Follow-up | |
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain the correct procedures for cleaning and sanitizing utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Person in Charge
Observation: Food employees are not informed of their responsibility to report to their PIC information concerning their health and activities as they relate to diseases transmitted through food.
Correction: PIC is to advise employees of their responsibility to report in accordance with law information concerning their health and activities as they relate to diseases transmitted through food.
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
- Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food (repeated violation)
Observation: Unlabeled food containers.
Correction: Label working containers with the common name of its contents. Consumers may be allergic to certain foods or ingredients. The mistaken use of an ingredient when the consumer has requested that it not be used may result in severe medical consequences. Liquid foods and granular foods may resemble cleaning compounds. The mistaken use of food from an unlabeled container could result in chemical poisoning.
- Critical: Food Contact with Equipment and Utensils* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Food in contact with equipment or utensils that have not been cleaned or sanitized as required. Single use gloves contaminated and continued to be used.
Correction: Use only cleaned and sanitized utensils or equipment during food preparation.
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location
Observation: Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor. Beans, salsa, cheese sauce, and beef stored on the floor.;Elevate food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
- Food - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (corrected on site)
Observation: Employee food stored in refrigeration with other food items.
Correction: Protect food from miscellaneous sources of contamination.
- Cooling Methods (repeated violation)
Observation: Food containers for cooling food are arranged so as not allow for maximum heat transfer. Cheese sauce stored covered in large containers to cool.
Correction: Arrange the food containers in the refrigeration equipment to provide maximum heat transfer through the container walls. Loosely cover or uncover the food if protected from overhead contamination during the cooling period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the food.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding*
Observation: Salsa cold holding at improper temperatures. Observed a temperature of 52°F of salsa stored on top of cooler.
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods
Observation: A review of the menu with the foodservice operator indicates that there is no consumer advisory for the steak and eggs that may be served raw and/or undercooked
Correction: If an animal food such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, milk, pork, poultry, or shellfish is served or sold raw or undercooked the permit holder shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk of consuming such foods by way of a disclosure and reminder using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards, or other effective written means.
- Equipment and Utensils - Multiuse, Characteristics
Observation: The food contact surface of the plastic garbage cans used to store dry rice and beans is not durable, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable, resistant to pitting.
Correction: Repair or replace the garbage cans to permit easy cleaning and prevent the migration of deleterious substances, or transference of colors, odors, or tastes to food.
- Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
Observation: Observed accumulations of encrusted grease deposits or other soil on the following food contact surfaces: mixer.
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: equipment from dishmachine. When tested no chemical sanitizer present.
Correction: After cleaning and rinsing of the food-contact surface, the surface shall be effectively sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
- Outer Openings - Protected (repeated violation)
Observation: Outer opening of the food establishment is not protected against entry of insects and rodents. Doors leading into kitchen.
Correction: Protect the food establishment against the entry of insects and rodents by 1. Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings, 2. Closed, tight fitting windows, and 3. Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Insects and rodents are vectors of disease-causing microorganisms which may be transmitted to humans by contamination of food and food-contact surfaces.
- Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
Observation: Ceiling in dishwashing area is not maintained in good repair. Paint peeling.
Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
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05/28/2013 | Routine | |
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