- Food Storage/Preventing Contamination from the Premises
Observation: Food was observed stored on the floor in the walk in cooler.
Correction: Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food: (1) In a clean, dry location
- Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
Observation: Eggs and sliced tomatoes were observed improperly cooling in the one door upright refrigerator. The foods were relocated to the walk in cooler.
Correction: Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under section 3-501.14 by using one or more of the following methods based on the type of food being cooled: (1) Placing food in shallow pans
- Time Public Health Control/Time - Maximum up to 4 Hours/Marked (corrected on site)
Observation: The butter and uncooked pizza for which time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, are not properly labeled to indicate the time they shall be discarded.
Correction: If time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, up to a maximum of 4 hours, is used as the public health control: The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.
- Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils/Clean
Observation: The nonfood-contact surfaces of the Kenmore freezer and the exterior of the equipment under the hood are not kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and/or other debris.
Correction: Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. The objective of cleaning focuses on the need to remove soil from nonfood contact surfaces so that pathogenic microorganisms will not be allowed to accumulate and insects and rodents will not be attracted.
- Physical Facilities/Repairing
Observation: The physical facilities are not maintained in good repair
Correction: 1. The floor tiles in the men's toilet room are damaged. 2. The ceiling tiles over the drying rack are peeling.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
Observation: The floors and walls in the warewashing area and under the hood are not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean.
Correction: Physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
- Drying Mops
Observation: After use, the mop is not placed in a position that allows it to air-dry without soiling walls, equipment, or supplies.
Correction: After use, mops shall be placed in a position that allows them to air-dry without soiling walls, equipment, or supplies. Mops can contaminate food and food preparation areas if not properly cleaned and stored after use. Mops should be cleaned and dried in a sanitary manner away from food flow areas.
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01/19/2016 | Routine | |
Cool TCS foods in the walk in refrigerator and freezer.
- Person in Charge/Duties/Employees Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
Observation: The person in charge is not effectively training staff in the proper cooling methods (watermelon, eggs, and sliced deli meats observed cooling in the prep refrigerator and upright refrigerator). All cooling foods were relocated to the walk in refrigerator/freezer
Correction: EMPLOYEES shall using proper methods to rapidly cool POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS) that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours, through daily oversight of the EMPLOYEES' routine monitoring of FOOD temperatures during cooling
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09/09/2015 | Risk Factor | |
A follow-up will be conducted on or after May 12, 2015 to check cold holding.
-Do not store cooling foods in the prep refrigerators.
- Non-TCS foods are the only foods that can be saved on the buffet. Discard all TCS foods before the 4 hour time mark.
- Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: All foods in the 1 door upright refrigerator were observed cold holding at the improper temperature range of 47-59ºF. Relocated and discarded.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if time/temperature control for safety food remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Time Public Health Control/Time - Maximum up to 4 Hours/Discard (corrected on site)
Observation: Dairy items like cheese and cottage cheese for which time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, were not discarded, within 4 hours from the point in time when the foods were removed from temperature control. Discarded.
Correction: If time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, up to a maximum of 4 hours, is used as the public health control: The food shall be cooked and served, served in ready-to-eat, or discarded, within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.
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05/05/2015 | Risk Factor | |
*Do not stack cheese over the fill rim in the prep refrigerator.
- Cleaning Procedure/Hands and Arms (corrected on site)
Observation: Food employees were observed washing their gloves.
Correction: Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms, including surrogate prosthetic devices for hands or arms for at least 20 seconds, using a cleaning compound in a handwashing sink that is equipped as specified under section 5-202.12 and Subpart 6-301. If approved and capable of removing the types of soils encountered in the food operations involved, an automatic handwashing facility may be used by food employees to clean their hands or surrogate prosthetic devices.
- Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco/Food Contamination Prevention (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees were eating and drinking in an area where contamination of exposed food or clean equipment may occur.
Correction: An employee shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food
- Contamination from Hands/Preventing Contamination by Employees (corrected on site)
Observation: Food employee contacting exposed RTE food(tomatoes) with bare hands.
Correction: Except when washing fruits and vegetables as specified under 3-302.15 or as specified in paragraph D of this section, food employees may not contact exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and shall use suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment.
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation, Packaging, and Segregation/Preventing Food and Ingredient Contamination (corrected on site)
Observation: Ready-to-eat food is not protected from cross contamination by separating them from raw animal foods (pooled eggs and raw fish were observed over ready-to-eat foods).
Correction: Food shall be protected from cross contamination by separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (a) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, and (b) Cooked ready-to-eat food.
- Cooling Methods (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Methods used for cooling rice and chicken breast in the walk in cooler and prep refrigerator can not be accomplished with the time and temperature criteria (tightly wrapped).
Correction: Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under section 3-501.14 by using one or more of the following methods based on the type of food being cooled: (1) Placing food in shallow pans
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces/Nonabsorbent
Observation: The nonfood-contact surfaces of the velvet like wood shelves in the dry storage are not nonabsorbent, and smooth.
Correction: Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that requires frequent cleaning shall be constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment routinely exposed to splash or food debris are required to be constructed of nonabsorbent materials to facilitate cleaning. Equipment that is easily cleaned minimizes the presence of pathogenic organisms, moisture, and debris and deters the attraction of rodents and insects.
- Equipment and Utensils/Durability and Strength (repeated violation)
Observation: The Kenmore counter refrigerator and the coffee blender are not designed and constructed to be durable.
Correction: Equipment and utensils shall be designed and constructed to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed to be durable and capable of retaining their original characteristics so that such items can continue to fulfill their intended purpose for the duration of their life expectancy and to maintain their easy cleanability. If they can not maintain their original characteristics, they may become difficult to clean, allowing for the harborage of pathogenic microorganisms, insects, and rodents. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed so that parts do not break and end up in food as foreign objects or present injury hazards to consumers. A common example of presenting an injury hazard is the tendency for tines of poorly designed single service forks to break during use.
- Cutting Surfaces
Observation: The surface of the green cutting board is no longer effectively cleaned and sanitized.
Correction: Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. Cutting surfaces such as cutting boards and blocks that become scratched and scored may be difficult to clean and sanitize. As a result, pathogenic microorganisms transmissible through food may build up or accumulate. These microorganisms may be transferred to foods that are prepared on such surfaces.
- Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (corrected on site)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the slicer and vegetable peeler are not clean to sight and touch.
Correction: Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. The objective of cleaning focuses on the need to remove organic matter from food-contact surfaces so that sanitization can occur.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions
Observation: The floor in the kitchen is not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean.
Correction: Physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
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01/21/2015 | Routine | |
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Cooked chicken breast and breaded fish were hot holding on counter at 70 F. Discarded.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 57ºC (135ºF) or above, except that roasts cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in paragraph 3-401.11(B) or reheated as specified in paragraph 3-403.11(E) may be held at a temperature of 54ºC (130ºF) or above. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if time/temperature control for safety food remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Deli roast beef was at 45 F, deli cheese at 47 F, and egg salad at 47 F in 3 door line prep refrigerator. Unit temperature adjusted.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if time/temperature control for safety food remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Handwashing Sink/Using/Operation and Maintenance (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwashing sink located at rear prep area was bloked by a trash can on wheels.
Correction: A handwashing sink shall be maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use. Facilities must be maintained in a condition that promotes handwashing and restricted for that use. Convenient accessibility of a handwashing facility encourages timely handwashing which provides a break in the chain of contamination from the hands of food employees to food or food-contact surfaces.
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11/21/2014 | Risk Factor | |
True one door refrigerator: ambient temperature observed at 43 F, slices of cheese at marginal temperatures of 43 F
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 08/06/2014 | Follow-up | |
Repair refrigeration equipment to maintain foods at or below 41 F.
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Foods in the walk-in refrigerator (sprouts, packages of cheese & deli meats) cold holding at the improper temperatures of 48-49 F. A repairman was called. Shredded cheese, sliced cheese, and cottage cheese improperly cold holding at 49-61 F in the upright "True" one door refrigerator. The unit was adjusted to a colder setting.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if time/temperature control for safety food remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- RTE, TCS, Date Marking/Commercially Processed Food
Observation: Repackaged slices of cheesecake prepared by a food processing plant opened and held for more than 24 hours in the facility were not marked at the time the original container was opened in the food establishment to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.
Correction: Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared and packaged by a food processing plant shall be clearly marked, at the time the original container is opened in a food establishment and if the food is held for more than 24 hours, to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded, based on the temperature and time combination specified in paragraph (A) of this section and: (1) The day the original container is opened in the food establishment shall be counted as Day 1
- Time Public Health Control/Time - Maximum up to 4 Hours/Marked
Observation: The cut melons, fried hash browns, and half 'n' half for which time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, are not properly labeled or logged to indicate the time they shall be discarded.
Correction: If time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, up to a maximum of 4 hours, is used as the public health control: The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.
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07/25/2014 | Risk Factor | |
A log for TPHC was reviewed.
Cooling foods were observed loosely covered.
The 5 big foodborne illness poster was posted.
All priority and priority foundation violations were corrected during this inspection.
- Equipment and Utensils/Durability and Strength (repeated violation)
Observation: The "Kenmore refrigerator(smoothies) is are not designed and constructed to be durable.;Equipment and utensils shall be designed and constructed to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed to be durable and capable of retaining their original characteristics so that such items can continue to fulfill their intended purpose for the duration of their life expectancy and to maintain their easy cleanability. If they can not maintain their original characteristics, they may become difficult to clean, allowing for the harborage of pathogenic microorganisms, insects, and rodents. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed so that parts do not break and end up in food as foreign objects or present injury hazards to consumers. A common example of presenting an injury hazard is the tendency for tines of poorly designed single service forks to break during use.
- Equipment and Utensils, Air-Drying Required (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Containers on the drying shelf were observed wet stacking.
Correction: After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils: (A) Shall be air-dried or used after adequate draining as specified in the first paragraph of 40 CFR 180.940 Tolerance exemptions for active and inert ingredients for use in antimicrobial formulations (food-contact surface sanitizing solutions), before contact with food
- Plumbing System/Maintained in Good Repair (repeated violation)
Observation: 1. The grease trap lid is rusty.
Correction: A plumbing system shall be maintained in good repair. Improper repair or maintenance may result in the creation of obnoxious odors or nuisances, and may also adversely affect the operation of warewashing equipment or other equipment which depends on sufficient volume and pressure to perform its intended functions.
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04/04/2014 | Follow-up | |
NOV letter issued.
A written procedure for time as a public health control was explained and given to the CFM.
Have all refrigerators monitored. Repair refrigerator units that are not maintaining TCS foods at 41
ºF
or less.
- Critical: Responsibility of Permit Holder, Person in Charge, and Conditional Employees/Responsibilities and Reporting Symptoms and Diagnosis (corrected on site)
Observation: The certified food manager did not know the 5 big foodborne illnesses. An employee health policy was given to the certified food manager.
Correction: The permit holder shall require food employees and conditional employees to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. A food employee or conditional employee shall report the information in a manner that allows the person in charge to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission, including providing necessary additional information, such as the date of onset of symptoms, if the food employee or conditional employee: (1) Has any of the following symptoms: (a) Vomiting, (b) Diarrhea, (c) Jaundice, (d) Sore throat with fever, or (e) A lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is: (i) On the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover, (ii) On exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover, or (iii) On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage
- In-Use Utensils, Between-Use Storage
Observation: The rice scoop was stored in standing water.
Correction: During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food preparation and dispensing utensils shall be stored: (A) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container
- Critical: Cooling, Cooked Food (corrected on site)
Observation: Rice at 84ºF was not cooled within 2 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 21ºC (70ºF). The rice was discarded.
Correction: Cooked time/temperature control for safety food shall be cooled: (1) Within 2 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 21ºC (70ºF)
- Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
Observation: Methods used for cooling rice, boiled eggs, and sausage can not be accomplished with the time and temperature criteria. All cooling foods were tightly covered or stacked in large pans.
Correction: Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under section 3-501.14 by using one or more of the following methods based on the type of food being cooled: (1) Placing food in shallow pans
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: (REPEAT)The following foods were observed cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: 1. Sliced cheese(49ºF), diced ham(47ºF) True 2 door prep refrigerator. 2.Cut melons(44ºF) and cheese(46ºF) in the True 1 door glass refrigerator. All foods were relocated to the walk in cooler.
- Time as a Public Health Control (corrected on site)
Observation: No written procedures exist for the use of time only as a public health control for a working supply of the food on the cold and hot buffet. A written procedure was given to the CFM.
Correction: If time only is used as the public health control for a working supply of time/temperature control for safety food before cooking, or for ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food that is displayed or held for service for immediate consumption: (1) Written procedures shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the food establishment and made available to the regulatory authority upon request that specify: (a) Methods of compliance with Subparagraphs (B) (1)-(3) or (C) (1)-(5) of this section
- Equipment and Utensils/Durability and Strength
Observation: The "Kenmore refrigerator(smoothies), blender, and food juicer over the 3 compartment sink is(are) not designed and constructed to be durable.;Equipment and utensils shall be designed and constructed to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed to be durable and capable of retaining their original characteristics so that such items can continue to fulfill their intended purpose for the duration of their life expectancy and to maintain their easy cleanability. If they can not maintain their original characteristics, they may become difficult to clean, allowing for the harborage of pathogenic microorganisms, insects, and rodents. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed so that parts do not break and end up in food as foreign objects or present injury hazards to consumers. A common example of presenting an injury hazard is the tendency for tines of poorly designed single service forks to break during use.
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: 1. The True 1 door upright refrigerator and the 3 door prep refrigerator are not maintaining TCS foods at 41ºF or less.
Correction: Equipment shall be maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements specified under Parts 4-1 [Materials for Construction and Repair] and 4-2 [Design and Construction]. Proper maintenance of equipment to manufacturer specifications helps ensure that it will continue to operate as designed. Failure to properly maintain equipment could lead to violations of the associated requirements of the Code that place the health of the consumer at risk. For example, refrigeration units in disrepair may no longer be capable of properly cooling or holding potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods at safe temperatures.
- Critical: Equipment/Food-Contact/Before Use After Cleaning/Sanitized (corrected on site)
Observation: There was not enough sanitizer in the third basin of the 3 compartment sink.
Correction: Utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be sanitized before use after cleaning. Sanitization is accomplished after the warewashing steps of cleaning and rinsing so that utensils and food-contact surfaces are sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
- Equipment and Utensils, Air-Drying Required (corrected on site)
Observation: After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils are not air-dried and adequately drained.
Correction: After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils: (A) Shall be air-dried or used after adequate draining as specified in the first paragraph of 40 CFR 180.940 Tolerance exemptions for active and inert ingredients for use in antimicrobial formulations (food-contact surface sanitizing solutions), before contact with food
- Plumbing System/Maintained in Good Repair
Observation: 1. The garbage disposal is leaking. 2. The grease trap lid is rusty. 3. The cold water faucet on the mop sink does not turn on.
Correction: A plumbing system shall be maintained in good repair. Improper repair or maintenance may result in the creation of obnoxious odors or nuisances, and may also adversely affect the operation of warewashing equipment or other equipment which depends on sufficient volume and pressure to perform its intended functions.
- Critical: Poisonous or Toxic Materials/Conditions of Use (corrected on site)
Observation: A restricted use pesticide is not applied by a certified applicator. RAID was observed on the dry storage shelf. Discarded.
Correction: A restricted use pesticide shall be applied only by an applicator certified as defined in 7 USC 136 Definitions, (e) Certified Applicator, of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, or a person under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. Because of the toxicity of restricted use pesticides, they can only be applied by certified operators. A certified operator would be aware of the dangers involved in the contamination of food and food-contact surfaces during the application of these materials. Improperly applied pesticides present health risks to employees as well as consumers and special precautions must be taken when restricted use pesticides are applied.
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03/18/2014 | Routine | |
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Cold Holding
Observation: The following foods were observed at improper cold holding temperature:
1. Ham (49F) and Tomatoes (45F) in "True" 2-dr prep refrigerator - (moved inside lower portion cooler)
2. Cooked chicken (45F) in walk-in refrigerator - (uncovered for faster cooling)
3. Half-n-half packs (67F) inside "Les Desserts/"True" 1-dr refrigerator - (discarded)
4. Cream cheese (45F) in "M3" 3-dr prep refrigerator - (uncovered and moved inside lower portion)
5. Butter (62) at room temperature in kitchen - (discarded);(CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION) - Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- RTE, PHF(TCS), Date Marking/On-Premises Preparation
Observation: Egg rolls, cooked chicken and some other foods, prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.
Correction: Except when packaging food using a reduced oxygen packaging method as specified under section 3-502.12, refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) prepared and held in a food establishment for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded, based on the temperature of 5ºC (41ºF) or less for a maximum of 7 days. The day of preparation shall be counted as Day 1. A date marking system that meets the criteria of this section may include: (1) Using a method approved by the regulatory authority for refrigerated, ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) that is frequently rewrapped, such as lunchmeat or a roast, or for which date marking is impractical, such as soft serve mix or milk in a dispensing machine
- Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Not Potentially Hazardous/Cleaning Frequency (corrected on site)
Observation: Surfaces of the fountain soda nozzles are not clean.
Correction: Except when dry cleaning methods are used as specified under section 4-603.11, surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting food that is not potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
- Handwashing Signage
Observation: A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided handwashing sink next to 3-compartment sink, used by food employees and/or is not clearly visible to food employees.
Correction: A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands shall be provided at all handwashing sinks used by food employees and shall be clearly visible to food employees. A sign or poster is required to remind food employees to wash their hands.
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11/27/2013 | Risk Factor | |
- Critical: Cooling, Cooked Food (corrected on site)
Observation: Steamed rice was not cooled within 2 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 21ºC (70ºF)
Correction: and/or within a total of 6 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 5ºC (41ºF) or less.
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Hot Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Pizza at 118 F.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) shall be maintained at 57ºC (135ºF) or above, except that roasts cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in paragraph 3-401.11(B) or reheated as specified in paragraph 3-403.11(E) may be held at a temperature of 54ºC (130ºF) or above. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Egg salad at 46 F.
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Critical: RTE, PHF(TCS), Date Marking/On-Premises Preparation (corrected on site)
Observation: Several ready to eat food containers prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours are not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.
Correction: Except when packaging food using a reduced oxygen packaging method as specified under section 3-502.12, refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) prepared and held in a food establishment for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded, based on the temperature of 5ºC (41ºF) or less for a maximum of 7 days. The day of preparation shall be counted as Day 1. A date marking system that meets the criteria of this section may include: (1) Using a method approved by the regulatory authority for refrigerated, ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) that is frequently rewrapped, such as lunchmeat or a roast, or for which date marking is impractical, such as soft serve mix or milk in a dispensing machine
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07/30/2013 | Risk Factor | |
1. Make sure to properly date left over sliced/unsliced cheeses and deli meats.
2. Seal toilet room handwashing sinks to the adjoining walls.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco/Food Contamination Prevention (corrected on site)
Observation: An employee was eating, drinking, and/or using tobacco in an area where contamination of exposed food or clean equipment may occur.
Correction: An employee shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food
- Gloves, Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Soiled single-use gloves still in use.
Correction: Discard gloves once soiled.
- Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
Observation: Methods used for cooling different kinds of salads for lunch buffet can not be accomplished with the time and temperature criteria.
Correction: Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under section 3-501.14 by using one or more of the following methods based on the type of food being cooled: (1) Placing food in shallow pans
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sliced cheeses (52F) in " True" 2-dr prep
Correction: Tomatoes (46F) and Cheese (46F) in "M3" 3-dr prep refrigerators
- Critical: Time as a Public Health Control (repeated violation)
Observation: No written procedures exist for the use of time only as a public health control for a working supply of hot and cold buffet.
Correction: If time only is used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) before cooking, or for ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) that is displayed or held for service for immediate consumption: (1) Written procedures shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the food establishment and made available to the regulatory authority upon request that specify: (a) Methods of compliance with Subparagraphs (B) (1)-(3) or (C) (1)-(5) of this section
- Critical: Time Public Health Control/Time - Maximum up to 4 Hours/Discard
Observation: The lunch buffet foods for which time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, was not cooked, served if ready-to-eat, or discarded, within 4 hours from the point in time when the food was removed from temperature control.
Correction: If time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature control, up to a maximum of 4 hours, is used as the public health control: The food shall be cooked and served, served in ready-to-eat, or discarded, within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control.
- Equipment and Utensils/Durability and Strength
Observation: The "Aroma" rice cooker and dorm-type "Kenmore" smoothie refrigerator/freezer are not designed and constructed to be durable.
Correction: Equipment and utensils shall be designed and constructed to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed to be durable and capable of retaining their original characteristics so that such items can continue to fulfill their intended purpose for the duration of their life expectancy and to maintain their easy cleanability. If they can not maintain their original characteristics, they may become difficult to clean, allowing for the harborage of pathogenic microorganisms, insects, and rodents. Equipment and utensils must be designed and constructed so that parts do not break and end up in food as foreign objects or present injury hazards to consumers. A common example of presenting an injury hazard is the tendency for tines of poorly designed single service forks to break during use.
- Single-Serve and Single-Use Articles, Use Limitation
Observation: Manufacturer containers were observed reused for the storage of foods.
Correction: Discontinue the reuse of single-use containers for food storage. Provide approved reusable food storage containers designed for your food storage needs.
- Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Not Potentially Hazardous/Cleaning Frequency
Observation: Surfaces of the fountain soda nozzles and ice scoop holder are not clean.
Correction: Except when dry cleaning methods are used as specified under section 4-603.11, surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting food that is not potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
- Critical: Equipment/Food-Contact/Before Use After Cleaning/Sanitized (corrected on site)
Observation: Utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment were not sanitized after cleaning.
Correction: Utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be sanitized before use after cleaning. Sanitization is accomplished after the warewashing steps of cleaning and rinsing so that utensils and food-contact surfaces are sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
- Handwashing Sink/Using/Operation and Maintenance (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The handwashing sink located close to warewashing sink is not maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use.
Correction: A handwashing sink shall be maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use. Facilities must be maintained in a condition that promotes handwashing and restricted for that use. Convenient accessibility of a handwashing facility encourages timely handwashing which provides a break in the chain of contamination from the hands of food employees to food or food-contact surfaces.
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