1. The establishment license states: No grilling or frying but an electric grill was observed being used to cook eggs, reheat home fries, sausage patties and bacon, etc.
2. Ensure to cool and reheat foods properly.
3. Make sure to properly mark dates on left over cheese(s) and deli meat(s).
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation, Packaging, and Segregation/Preventing Food and Ingredient Contamination (corrected on site)
Observation: A tray of raw-shelled eggs stored over chicken wraps and turkey sandwiches inside the "True" 2-dr reach-in undercounter refrigerator.
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.
|
08/07/2015 | Risk Factor | |
All previous violations have been corrected except acoustic ceiling tiles.
- Outer Openings, Protected (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The outer openings of the food establishment are not protected against the entry of insects and rodents. The front door was propped open.
Correction: Outer openings of a food establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by: (1) Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings
|
03/20/2015 | Follow-up | |
- Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco/Food Contamination Prevention (corrected on site)
Observation: Open beverage containers not handled to prevent contamination of a food employee's hands, the container, exposed food, and/or clean equipment were observed throughout.
Correction: A food employee may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of: (1) The employee's hands
- Contamination from Hands/Preventing Contamination by Employees (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Food employee contacting exposed RTE food (cutting lettuce) 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.
- Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation
Observation: Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces are not held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution of proper concentration
Correction: and/or not laundered daily.
- Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sausage and home-style fries hot holding at the improper temperature of 63F on steamtable.
Correction: (discarded) - 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.
- Food Labels/Labeling
Observation: Blueberry and raspberry muffins, cheese, lemon and raspberry danish packaged in the establishment are not labeled as specified in law.
Correction: Food packaged in a food establishment, shall be labeled as specified in law, including 21 CFR 101 – Food Labeling, and 9 CFR 317 Labeling, marking devices, and containers. The identity of a food in terms of origin and composition is important for instance when a food may be implicated in a foodborne illness and for nutritional information requirements. Ingredient information is needed by consumers who have allergies to certain food or ingredients.
- Food-Contact Surfaces/Cleanability (corrected on site)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the cracked plastic spatulas is not smooth, free of breaks, open seams, cracks, chips, inclusions, pits, similar imperfections, finished to have smooth welds and joints, and/or accessible for cleaning and inspection by an approved method.
Correction: (discarded) - Multiuse food-contact surfaces shall be: (1) Smooth
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment (repeated violation)
Observation: The following are not maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements of materials for construction and repair and/or design:
1. The cabinetry under the front counter and under hand washing sink
2. Gaskets of reach-in refrigerators and freezer
3. Cappuccino machine
4. Lid of 1-dr prep refrigerator
5. One drain stopper is not able to hold water properly
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.
- Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils/Clean (repeated violation)
Observation: The nonfood-contact surface of the all the equipment throughout the facility is 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.
- Intensity/Lighting (repeated violation)
Observation: The light intensity is below 50 foot candles in the back kitchen where a food employee is working with food.
Correction: The light intensity shall be at least 540 lux (50 foot candles) at a surface where a food employee is working with food or working with utensils or equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor. Lighting levels are specified so that sufficient light is available to enable employees to perform certain functions such as reading labels
- Intensity/Lighting (repeated violation)
Observation: The light bulbs in 2-dr reach-in freezer and refrigerator are missing.
Correction: The light intensity shall be at least 215 lux (20 foot candles): (1) At a surface where food is provided for consumer self-service such as buffets and salad bars or where fresh produce or packaged foods are sold or offered for consumption, (2) Inside equipment such as reach-in and under-counter refrigerators
- Intensity/Lighting (repeated violation)
Observation: The light intensity is below 10 foot candles in the dry storage area.
Correction: The light intensity shall be at least 108 lux (10 foot candles) at a distance of 75 cm (30 inches) above the floor, in the walk-in refrigeration units and dry food storage areas and in other areas and rooms during periods of cleaning. Properly distributed light makes the need for cleaning apparent by making accumulations of soil conspicuous.
- Physical Facilities/Repairing (repeated violation)
Observation: The walls are in need of new paint. Some ceiling tiles on front are not smooth and easily cleanable.
Correction: Physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities. This requirement is intended to ensure that the physical facilities are properly maintained in order serve their intended purpose.
- Controlling Pests (repeated violation)
Observation: Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises. Mouse droppings observed in the facility.
Correction: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests shall be controlled to minimize their presence on the premises by eliminating harborage conditions. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces. Effective measures must be taken to control their presence in food establishments.
- Maintaining Premises, Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
Observation: The premises is not free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
Correction: The premises shall be free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment such as equipment that is nonfunctional or no longer used. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
Observation: Ceiling tiles in the back and floors and walls are in need of cleaning.
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.
|
02/25/2015 | Routine | |
- Critical: Contamination from Hands/Preventing Contamination by Employees (corrected on site)
Observation: Observed food employee contacting exposed RTE (lettuce for salads and sandwiches) food with bare hands. Corrected by instruction.
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.
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot Holding (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Observed sausage and cooked homestyle potatoes hot holding at the improper temperature of 76 F. Food 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.
- Equipment and Utensils/Durability and Strength
Observation: The rice cooker and the griddles 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.
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment (repeated violation)
Observation: The following equipment is not maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements of materials for construction and repair and/or design:
1. the cabinetry under the front counter in poor condition
2. gaskets on reach-in refrigerator doors
3. shelving in refrigeration units.
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.
- Cutting Surfaces (repeated violation)
Observation: The surfaces of the cutting boards are 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, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils/Clean
Observation: The nonfood-contact surfaces of the equipment throughout the establishment 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.
- Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Time Temperature Control For Safety Food/Cleaning Frequency (corrected on site)
Observation: Surfaces of the tea urn and dispenser nozzle 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 time/temperature control for safety food shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
- Handwashing Sink/Using/Operation and Maintenance (corrected on site)
Observation: Observed the handwashing sink blocked by sheet pan and 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.
- Plumbing System/Maintained in Good Repair (repeated violation)
Observation: The following plumbing systems are not in maintained good repair:
1. The back flow preventer connected to the prep sink spray hose was observed leaking
2. the three compartment sink hot water faucets are not operating
3. the faucets on the three compartment sinks are leaking.
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.
- Outer Openings, Protected
Observation: The outer openings of the food establishment are not protected against the entry of insects and rodents. Observed front door open.
Correction: Outer openings of a food establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by: (1) Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings
- Intensity/Lighting
Observation: The light intensity is below 10 foot candles in the storage room (no lights operating).
Correction: The light intensity shall be at least 108 lux (10 foot candles) at a distance of 75 cm (30 inches) above the floor, in the walk-in refrigeration units and dry food storage areas and in other areas and rooms during periods of cleaning. Properly distributed light makes the need for cleaning apparent by making accumulations of soil conspicuous.
- Intensity/Lighting
Observation: The light intensity is below 50 foot candles where a food employee is working with food (back kitchen).
Correction: The light intensity shall be at least 540 lux (50 foot candles) at a surface where a food employee is working with food or working with utensils or equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor. Lighting levels are specified so that sufficient light is available to enable employees to perform certain functions such as reading labels
- Physical Facilities/Repairing (repeated violation)
Observation: Observed walls and some floor tiles in poor repair.
Correction: Physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities. This requirement is intended to ensure that the physical facilities are properly maintained in order serve their intended purpose.
- Controlling Pests (Critical)
Observation: Proper pest control methods are not used to minimize the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests found in the establishment. Observed rodent droppings throughout the kitchen (floors and cabinetry under front counter).
Correction: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests shall be controlled to minimize their presence on the premises by using methods, if pests are found, such as trapping devices or other means of pest control as specified under sections 7-202.12, 7-206.12, and 7-206.13. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces. Effective measures must be taken to control their presence in food establishments.
- Removing Dead or Trapped Birds, Insects, Rodents, and Other Pests
Observation: Observed a dead and trapped mouse was not removed from the control device and/or the premises at a frequency that prevented their accumulation, decomposition, or the attraction of other pests.
Correction: Dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, and other pests shall be removed from control devices and the premises at a frequency that prevents their accumulation, decomposition, or the attraction of other pests. Dead rodents, birds, and insects must be removed promptly from the facilities to ensure clean and sanitary facilities and to preclude exacerbating the situation by allowing carcasses to attract other pests.
- Maintaining Premises, Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
Observation: The premises is not free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
Correction: The premises shall be free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment such as equipment that is nonfunctional or no longer used. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
Observation: Observed floors walls and ceilings in need of cleaning.
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.
- Permit to Operate/Responsibilities of Permit Holder
Observation: The permit holder is not complying with directives of the regulatory authority. Health License conditions state "No Grilling, No Frying". Observed manager frying eggs and bacon on household grade griddle.
Correction: Upon acceptance of the permit issued by the regulatory authority, the permit holder in order to retain the permit shall comply with directives of the regulatory authority including time frames for corrective actions specified in inspection reports, notices, orders, warnings, and other directives issued by the regulatory authority in regard to the permit holder's food establishment or in response to community emergencies.
- Permit to Operate/Responsibilities of Permit Holder (corrected on site)
Observation: The permit is not posted in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.
Correction: Upon acceptance of the permit issued by the regulatory authority, the permit holder in order to retain the permit shall post the permit in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.
|
08/08/2014 | Routine | |
**Obtain your Northern Virginia Certified Food Managers (CFM) card within four (4) business days and fax a copy to the health department. Failure to obtain Northern Virginia CFM card will lead to a certified food mangers conference. **
** Repair the hot water faucet knob immediately.
- Critical: Hands and Arms/When to Wash (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands during food preparation when changing tasks.
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 (A) After touching bare human body parts other than clean, exposed portions of arms (B) After using the toilet room (C) After caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals as specified in 2-403.11(B) (D) After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco, eating, or drinking (E) After handling soiled equipment or utensils (F) During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks (G) When switching between working with raw food and working with ready-to-eat food (H) Before donning gloves for working with food and (I) After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands.
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Sliced chicken hot holding at the improper temperature of 109ºF in the warmer (Reheated).
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)
Observation: The following foods were observed cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: 1. Sliced lettuce- 57ºF(stored in ice). 2. Sandwich wraps in the display refrigerator (stored in ice).
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: The cabinetry and shelving inside the refrigerators are not maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements of materials for construction and repair and/or design.
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.
- Plumbing System/Maintained in Good Repair
Observation: The following plumbing systems are not maintained in good repair
Correction: 1. The back flow preventer connected to the prep sink spray hose was observed leaking, 2. The 3 compartment sink hot water faucet(left) knob is not operating. 3. Both 3 compartment sink faucets were observed leaking.
- Floors, Walls, and Ceilings/Cleanability
Observation: A few of the ceiling tiles are not designed, constructed, and installed so that it is smooth and easily cleanable (acoustic style and damaged).
Correction: Floors, floor coverings, walls, wall coverings, and ceilings shall be designed, constructed and installed so that they are smooth and easily cleanable except for anti-slip floor coverings or applications that may be used for safety reasons and except as specified under section 6-201.14. Floors that are of smooth, durable construction and that are nonabsorbent are more easily cleaned. Requirements and restrictions regarding floor coverings, utility lines, and floor/wall junctures are intended to ensure that regular and effective cleaning is possible and that insect and rodent harborage is minimized.
- Controlling Pests
Observation: Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises. Mouse droppings were observed in the front counter cabinetry.
Correction: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests shall be controlled to minimize their presence on the premises by eliminating harborage conditions. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces. Effective measures must be taken to control their presence in food establishments.
- Maintaining Premises, Unnecessary Items and Litter
Observation: The premises is not free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment (old bagel toaster, panini press, rice cooker, etc).
Correction: The premises shall be free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment such as equipment that is nonfunctional or no longer used. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
Observation: The walls and the floors under and behind equipment 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.
- Critical: Food Manager Certificate and Responsibility (corrected on site)
Observation: (REPEAT) The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager. The person in charge completed an approved course, but has not obtained their Northern Virginia certified food managers license. The person in charge will have 4 days to obtain their license.
Correction: It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless it is under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager
|
01/13/2014 | Routine | |
- Critical: Hands and Arms/When to Wash
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning gloves for working with food.
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 (A) After touching bare human body parts other than clean, exposed portions of arms (B) After using the toilet room (C) After caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals as specified in 2-403.11(B) (D) After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco, eating, or drinking (E) After handling soiled equipment or utensils (F) During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks (G) When switching between working with raw food and working with ready-to-eat food (H) Before donning gloves for working with food and (I) After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands.
- Hair Restraints/Effectiveness
Observation: Food employees are not wearing effective hair restraints.
Correction: Food employees shall 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
- Critical: Cooling, Cooked Food
Observation: Potatoes 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, Cold Holding (repeated violation)
Observation: Ham at 47 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.
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment (repeated violation)
Observation: The True reach-in cooler gaskets are torn.
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.
- Cutting Surfaces
Observation: The surfaces of all cutting boards are 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.
- Critical: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (Critical) (repeated violation)
Observation: The can opener blade is 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.
- Critical: Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Cleaning Frequency (Critical)
Observation: The inside of all cooling units needs cleaning.
Correction: Surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) may be cleaned less frequently than every 4 hours if equipment is used for storage of packaged or unpackaged food such as a reach-in refrigerator and the equipment is cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
- Equipment/Nonfood-Contact Surfaces/Cleaning Frequency
Observation: The 3-part sink wall juncture is moldy.
Correction: Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues. The presence of food debris or dirt on nonfood contact surfaces may provide a suitable environment for the growth of microorganisms which employees may inadvertently transfer to food. If these areas are not kept clean, they may also provide harborage for insects, rodents, and other pests.
- Physical Facilities/Repairing
Observation: Several floor tiles are not maintained in good repair.
Correction: Physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities. This requirement is intended to ensure that the physical facilities are properly maintained in order serve their intended purpose.
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions
Observation: The floor under all kitchen equipment needs cleaning.
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.
- Critical: Food Manager Certificate and Responsibility
Observation: The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.
Correction: It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless it is under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager
|
02/11/2013 | Routine | |
- Critical: Food Contact with Equipment and Utensils/Preventing Contamination (repeated violation)
Observation: Food in contact with tong handles in the display case.
Correction: Food shall only contact surfaces of: (A) Equipment and utensils that are cleaned as specified under Part 4-6 of this Code and sanitized as specified under Part 4-7 of this Code
- Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation
Observation: Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces are not held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution of proper concentration
Correction: and/or not laundered daily.
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Cold Holding (repeated violation)
Observation: Following foods were observed cold holding at improper temperatures:
- Chicken on counter at 68F
Display Case
- Tuna salad: 49F
- Tomatoes: 47F
- Cucumber: 46F
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/Commercially Processed Food
Observation: Cheese and ham in the left True 2-door refrigerator, prepared and packaged by a food processing plant opened and held for more than 24 hours was not clearly 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, potentially hazardous food (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
- Food Labels/Labeling (repeated violation)
Observation: Cookies, brownies, cakes and other pastries are not labeled as specified by law.
Correction: Label information shall include: (1) The common name of the food, or absent a common name, an adequately descriptive identity statement
- Critical: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (Critical)
Observation: The Panini Supremo is 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.
- Critical: Equipment/Food-Contact/Before Use After Cleaning/Sanitized
Observation: Employee observed washing utensils and food-contact surfaces and these 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.
|
08/25/2011 | Routine | |
Restaurant representatives - add corrected or new information about Green Cafe, 1235 S. Clark St 100-A, Arlington, VA 22202 »