1. Wash hands frequently.
2. Raw chicken, beef and frozen sushi fish were observed being thawed at room temperature - (corrected).
3. No sanitizer buckets - (corrected).
4. Please fax/email me copy of the work order of walk-in refrigerator.
5. Service the grease trap to avoid any overflow.
- Demonstration/Knowledge/Responding Correctly to the Inspector's Questions (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The person in charge did not demonstrate their knowledge of the required temperatures and times for the safe refrigerated storage, hot holding, cooling, and reheating of time/temperature control for safety foods. Corrected by instructions.
Correction: Based on the risks inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the hazard analysis and critical control point principles, and the requirements of this Code. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. The areas of knowledge include stating the required temperatures and times for the safe refrigerated storage, hot holding, cooling, and reheating of time/temperature control for safety foods.
- Demonstration/Knowledge/Responding Correctly to the Inspector's Questions (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The person in charge did not demonstrate their knowledge of the required food temperatures and times for the safe cooking of time/temperature control for safety foods including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish. Corrected by instructions.
Correction: Based on the risks inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the hazard analysis and critical control point principles, and the requirements of this Code. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. The areas of knowledge include stating the required food temperatures and times for the safe cooking of time/temperature control for safety foods including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish.
- 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 was observed.
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)
Observation: Food employee contacting exposed RTE food (chopping 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.
- Cooling, Cooked Food (corrected on site)
Observation: Pork belly (82F, found inside the convection oven) and fried tofu (57F), both cooked yesterday, were 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.
- Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Sticky rice (47F), tofu (47) and flat rice noodles (49F) were found at improper cold holding tempeature inside the walk-in refrigerator
Correction: and the yellow tail (45F) and white fish (45F)inside the sushi display case refrigerator. The walk-in was observed at 45F. Sushi display case refrigerator was just turned on. All the foods were relocated into other functioning coolers.
- Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (corrected on site)
Observation: The food-contact surfaces of the sushi boxes, ceramic platters and can opener 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.
- Equipment/Cooking and Baking/Cleaning Frequency (corrected on site)
Observation: The cavity and/or door seal of the microwave oven is not cleaned at least every 24 hours by using the manufacturer's recommended cleaning procedure..
Correction: The cavities and door seals of microwave ovens shall be cleaned at least every 24 hours by using the manufacturer's recommended cleaning procedure. Food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment must be cleaned to prevent encrustations that may impede heat transfer necessary to adequately cook food. Encrusted equipment may also serve as an insect attractant when not in use. Because of the nature of the equipment, it may not be necessary to clean cooking equipment as frequently as the equipment specified in section 4-602.11.
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08/25/2015 | Risk Factor | |
1. Make sure to keep mussel tags in chronological order for at least 90 days.
2. Ventilation hood on cookline is missing a baffle filter.
3. Keep medicine away from food prep areas.
4. Get rid of broken and not-used equipment.
5. "GE" microwave and "Black & Decker" toaster ovens are not NSF-certified.
6. Keep lids on all the prep refrigerators.
7. Handwashing sink by ice cream freezer is not functioning.
- Demonstration/Knowledge/Responding Correctly to the Inspector's Questions (corrected on site)
Observation: The person in charge did not demonstrate their knowledge of the required food temperatures and times for the safe cooking of time/temperature control for safety foods including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish.
Correction: Based on the risks inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the hazard analysis and critical control point principles, and the requirements of this Code. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. The areas of knowledge include stating the required food temperatures and times for the safe cooking of time/temperature control for safety foods including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish.
- Cleaning Procedure/Hands and Arms (corrected on site)
Observation: Food employees are not cleaning their hands and exposed portions of their arms. An employee was observed rinsing hands with applying soap.
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.
- 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. Raw chicken stored over oranges and lettuce heads in the walk-in 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.
- In-Use Utensils, Between-Use Storage (corrected on site)
Observation: Rice scoop was stored in standing water at room temperature.
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
- Thawing (corrected on site)
Observation: Frozen sushi fish and immitation crabs were found thawing at room tempeature on a kitchen shelf.
Correction: Time/temperature control for safety food shall be thawed: (A) Under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at 5ºC (41ºF) or less
- RTE, TCS, Date Marking/On-Premises Preparation
Observation: Brown and sticky rice 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, 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 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/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Gaskets of "True" 2-door prep refrigerator (right - sushi area) and 4-drawer prep refrigerator (kitchen) are not maintained in good repair.
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, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles/Storing (corrected on site)
Observation: Clean equipment and/or utensils are not stored covered or inverted.
Correction: Clean equipment and utensils shall be stored as specified under paragraph (A) of this section and shall be stored: (1) In a self-draining position that allows air drying
- Intensity/Lighting
Observation: The light intensity is below 20 foot candles in "True" 1-door upright and "True" 2-door upright reach-in freezers.
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
- Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions
Observation: The kitchen floors on cookline 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 (corrected on site)
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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05/26/2015 | Routine | |
The establishment has corrected all the violations.
Approved to re-apply for a new license.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 04/20/2015 | Follow-up | |
Please fix/address all the violations. Call me when ready.
The facility is not approved to re-open.
- Equipment/Fixed, Spacing or Sealing
Observation: Dish machine drain board is not properly sealed to the adjoining wall
Correction: the caulking is moldy.
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: One sliding door on sushi case does not have a piece of glass and is 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.
- Equipment/Nonfood-Contact Surfaces/Cleaning Frequency
Observation: Deep fryers are in need of cleaning.
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.
- Plumbing System/Maintained in Good Repair
Observation: There is no backflow prevention device on mop sink. Spray hose at 3-compartment sink is 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.
- Floor and Wall Junctures, Coved, Enclosed or Sealed
Observation: The floor and wall juncture is not coved and closed to larger than one thirty-second inch in the corner in dry storage area.
Correction: In food establishments in which cleaning methods other than water flushing are used for cleaning floors, the floor and wall junctures shall be coved and closed to no larger than 1 mm (one thirty-second inch). When cleaning is accomplished by spraying or flushing, coving and sealing of the floor/wall junctures is required to provide a surface that is conducive to water flushing.
- Intensity/Lighting
Observation: The light intensity is below 50 foot candles in sushi prep area. Lights are not working in ice cream freezer area.
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
Observation: Some walls in the back are in need of new paint. Floor tiles are broken and missing under deep fryers.
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.
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04/17/2015 | Pre-Opening | |
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