This visit was made to conduct a routine food safety evaluation. The Person in Charge was very helpful. The following issues require attention: 1. Implement an Employee Health Policy that requires all employees to know the Big 6 foodborne illnesses and all reportable symptoms and Certified Food Managers to know when to restrict or exclude sick employees
- Critical: Employee Health Policy Requirements (corrected on site)
Observation: Through conversation and/or review of written policy, it was determined that the establishment's employee health policy (EHP) is not compliant with the Food Code because food workers unable to identify all big 6 foodborne illnesses and symptoms.
Correction: Create and implement an EHP that: 1) requires employees to report certain symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat with fever, or a lesion/infected wound) and illnesses (Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella, E. coli, or Shigella)
- Critical: Cold Holding of Potentially Hazardous Food at 41°F or less (corrected on site)
Observation: The following food item(s) were measured at improper temperatures: Milk for coffee self serve was at 46°F and containers of tofu were at 41-46°F.
Correction: Potentially hazardous foods (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be held cold at a temperature of 41°F or below. Milk was changed. Establishment will start to use Time as a Public Health Control Procedure for the milk. They will not stack containers of tofu and other products that need to be cold, too high to maintain proper temperature.
- Date Marking of RTE, PHF(TCS) if Commercially Processed after Opening Package
Observation: The following ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food is not used within 24 hours after opening the commercial package and is not properly dated for disposition within 7 days at 41°F: various cold cut deli meats.
Correction: Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food that is commercially processed and held for more than 24 hours after it is opened must be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food must be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded. The day that the package is opened counts as Day 1. Food shall be held at 41°F or less for no more than 7 days. Upon request, employees must be able to clearly explain the date marking system to the Health Department. Person in Charge to being date marking when the package is opened .
- Equipment & Utensils / Cloth Drying Prohibited (corrected on site)
Observation: From conversation with food employee they have been drying their glasses and other food contact equipment with towels.
Correction: After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils may not be cloth dried. All items should be air dried after washing, rinsing and sanitizing.
- Mops in Air-dry Position
Observation: Mops and brooms are not hung up to air dry.
Correction: Wet use maintenance items such as mops must be hung in a position that allows them to air dry so they are not allowed to grow contamination which can then be spread through the establishment at the next use. Please obtain a rack or hooks to properly air dry the mops.
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12/23/2015 | Routine | |
This visit was made to conduct a pre-opening inspection. The following items require correction: 1. Shelving/produce bins where food will be shall be smooth, durable, non-absorbant, and easily cleanable (use semi-gloss paint). 2. All refrigerated display untis must be sealed to the floor (all around units). Went over employee health. Provided guidance documents, HW signs, smoke free sign, permit signage. Permit condition- garage doors may not be open at any time. No violation noted during this evaluation. | 10/21/2015 | Pre-Opening | |
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