- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (repeated violation)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) foods in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
Observation: Observed accumulations of dust, dirt, food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces: equipment throughout the kithcen .
Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
- Plumbing System Maintained in Good Repair
Observation: Plumbing under sink leaking
Correction: Repair and maintain all plumbing components ans fixtures.
- Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions
Observation: Flooring noted in need of cleaning.
Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must 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: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers* (corrected on site)
Observation: Containers of chemicals are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Correction: Containers of chemicals must be located in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
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12/10/2015 | Routine | |
STRONGLY RECOMMEND MANAGER ATTEND SERV SAFE OR OTHER FOOD SAFETY TRAINING CLASSES
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Crabcakes, steak cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The ready-to-eat (RTE) pasta, turkey in the refrigeration unit was not properly dated for disposition after opening.
Correction: Mark a "consume by" date on commercially processed RTE foods at the time the original container is opened. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
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09/01/2015 | Routine | |
Strongly recommend that the manager attend Serv Safe training
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
Correction: Train all employees in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
- Critical: Employee Health*
Observation: Employees or applicants are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health and activities if they are suspected of causing, or being exposed to a confirmed disease outbreak caused by Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus. Kitchen manager was unaware that the contacts of the employees should be reported
Correction: Have the license holder require employees or applicants report to the person in charge if they meet one or more of the following high-risk conditions: Is suspected of causing, or being exposed to, a confirmed disease outbreak caused by S. Typhi, Shigella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or norovirus. KITCHEN MANAGE STATED HE SHOULD GET EMPLOYEES TO SIGN FDA FORM
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his hands before putting on gloves.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Shellfish - Shellstock Identification*
Observation: No shuck date on the oysters
Correction: Discontinue use of the shucked shellfish or denature and discard at this time. .
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Cook was observed cutting lettuce with his bare hands.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
Observation: Raw chicken stored over pasta, raw oysters and scallops stored over cut canalopue
Correction: Separate raw foods of animal origin during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including foods such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
- Critical: Food Contact with Equipment and Utensils* (corrected on site)
Observation: Container of scallops placed directly into an open container of oysters.
Correction: Do not place containers directly on food.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location (repeated violation)
Observation: Food stored in a commonly wet or soiled location.
Correction: Protect food from contamination by storing the food in a clean and dry location.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sausage, beef, peppers, milk cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Cooked pasta, potatoes in the refrigeration unit was not properly dated for disposition after preparing.
Correction: Mark a "consume by" date on commercially processed RTE foods at the time the original container is opened. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Temperature Measuring Devices (corrected on site)
Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the salad refrigerator.
Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature.
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08/11/2015 | Routine | |
Kitchen manager stated he had not had time to attend a managers certification class.
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge* (repeated violation)
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain the reportable illnesses which are transmitted through food.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
Correction: Train all employees in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
- Critical: Hands and Arms - Clean condition* (corrected on site)
Observation: Waitstaff did not wash hands after tasting food and putting on new pair of gloves. Dishwasher did not wash hands after drinking drink and then putting on gloves
Correction: Inform all food employees to keep their hands and exposed portions of their arms clean.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Food - Preventing Contamination When Tasting* (corrected on site)
Observation: Waitstaff was observed tasting a cucumber while cutting vegetables.
Correction: Food employees may not taste food over food that is being prepared to be served
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location (corrected on site)
Observation: Spinach articoke dip stored in the walkin with an unknown substance which has dripped on top of the wrapped top of the container.
Correction: Store food where it is not exposed to splash or install an approved durable, and cleanable barrier between the splash source and the food to prevent contamination.
- Thawing
Observation: Seafood sitting in snk thawing.
Correction: Thaw potentially hazardous foods by either of the following methods: 1. Under refrigeration that maintains food temperature at 41°F (45°F) 2. Completely submerged under running water at a temperature of 70°F or below with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow. Ready-to-eat food shall not exceed 41°F and raw animal foods shall not exceed 41°F for more than four hours 3. As part of the cooking process
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Entire cart of food sitting out at room temperature for over 1 hour and 20 minutes during inspection. Kitchen manager stated all food would be served that night.
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below. BAR MANAGER WAS ASKED TO REFRIGERATE FOODS THAT WERE SITTING OUT
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (repeated violation)
Observation: Large container of spinach articoke dip was not labeled, pasta not labeled
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Critical: Warewashing - Manual & Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Concentration & Hardness*
Observation: Chlorine sanitizing solution used was not at an acceptable concentration.
Correction: Adjust the chlorine sanitizing solution to a level of at least 25 parts per million when the pH is at 10 or less and the water temperature is at 120°F.
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07/07/2015 | Routine | |
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Poor handwashing procedures observed.
Correction: Educate employees on proper handwashing and routinely monitor the employee's handwashing procedures to ensure they are effectively cleaning their hands.
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03/11/2015 | Follow-up | |
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Poor handwashing procedures observed.
Correction: Educate employees on proper handwashing and routinely monitor the employee's handwashing procedures to ensure they are effectively cleaning their hands.
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning single use gloves.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task. Discussed proper procedure with PIC.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
Observation: An employee is drinking from an uncovered container in the food preparation area.
Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands, (2) The container, and (3) Exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands. Ice scoop in ice in does not have a handle.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (repeated violation)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) pasta in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing* (repeated violation)
Observation: Due to improper operation of the low temperature chemical sanitizing mechanical warewashing machine, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils are not sanitized after cleaning. (See 12 VAC 5-421-1700)
Correction: Repair the unit to restore chemical sanitization. Verify the level of sanitizer and continually monitor by the use of test strips/kit.
- Critical: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers* (corrected on site)
Observation: Containers of chemicals are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Correction: Containers of chemicals must be located in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
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03/10/2015 | Routine | |
- Critical: Person in Charge - Assignment of Responsibility* (corrected on site)
Observation: The person in charge was not available at the start of the inspection
Correction: The permit holder shall designate a person in charge who is authorized to monitor and manage all food establishment operations and who is authorized to take actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain his or her responsibility in preventing the transmission of foodborne disease by an employee who has a disease or a medical condition that may cause foodborne disease.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sliced tomatoes sitting out on the counter
Correction: cold holding at 58 degrees F.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) pasta, sauces in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Equipment - Cutting Surfaces (repeated violation)
Observation: The cutting board(s) are heavily scratched and scored. The food contact surface is no longer easily cleaned and sanitized due to condition.
Correction: Resurface or discard and replace the cutting boards to provide a food contact surface that is smooth, easily cleaned and sanitized.
- Hand Drying Provision (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the kitchen
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
- Toxics - Separation of Toxics (corrected on site)
Observation: Sterno laying over containers of food
Correction: Containers of sterno must be separated by spacing or partitioning to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
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12/10/2014 | Routine | |
Dishwasher is sanitizing properly
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 09/09/2014 | Other | |
Repairman came and installed a regulator on the sanitizer line
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Items in the small prep refrigerator by the grill cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Small prep refrigerator is not keeping all of the food 41 degrees F or below.
Correction: Repair the refrigerator so it holds food at 41 degrees F or below.
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09/05/2014 | Follow-up | |
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain the correct procedures for cleaning and sanitizing utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment and that the food is being held at the proper temperature.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Prime rib, turkey, sliced tomatoes( items in the small prep unit by the grill) are not being held at the proper temperature
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Disposition* (corrected on site)
Observation: Turkey wraps dated to be discarded 9/2/14( 2 days ago)
Correction: pasta with expired dates .
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing*
Observation: No sanitizer was coming out of the dishwasher, PIC primed the line and the solution was being dispensed, 5 minutes later the dishwasher was not dispensing the proper amount of solution, the machine was primed and air bubbles were still in the sanitizing line.
Correction: Repair the unit to restore chemical sanitization. The regional manager has been called during this inspection. This has been a continuous problem since the facility has been operating. A risk control plan was set up with the manager to check the dishwasher twice a day, this has been done and the log stated that the correct amount was being dispensed. Inorder for the machine to be used, the sanitizing level should be checked everytime the dishwasher is used.
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09/04/2014 | Risk Factor | |
called facility, repairman told facility that the dishwasher was working correctly and that I was using the incorrect strips to test the dishwasher, I visited the facility dishwasher calls for mininum cl2 to be 50 ppm
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 08/05/2014 | Other | |
met repairman at the facility, dishwasher is sanitizing properly
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 08/05/2014 | Follow-up | |
Dishwasher has not been repaired, food contact surfaces are being manually washed, rinsed and sanitized.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 08/05/2014 | Other | |
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils.
Correction: Ensure employees are properly sanitizing cleaned equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment (repeated violation)
Observation: Dishwasher was observed in a state of disrepair and damaged.
Correction: Repair the dishwasher to restore a state of condition that allows for proper operation, accuracy, functioning, maintenance, and cleanability per Part IV, Article 1 and 2 of this chapter.r.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Due to improper operation of the low temperature chemical sanitizing mechanical warewashing machine, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils are not sanitized after cleaning. (See 12 VAC 5-421-1700)
Correction: Repair the unit to restore chemical sanitization. Verify the level of sanitizer and continually monitor by the use of test strips/kit. THE DISHWASHER WAS NOT SANITIZING PROPERLY ON THE JULY 31, 2014 INSPECTION. THE MANAGER CALLED THE REPAIRMAN AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. ACCORDING TO THE MANAGER, THE REPAIRMAN CAME IN AND REPAIRED THE DISHWASHER ON AUG 1, 2014. MANAGER WAS TO CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ONCE THE DISHWASHER WAS REPAIRED. ON AUGUST 4, 2014, I HAD NOT HEARD FORM THE MANAGER, SO A FOLLOWUP INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE DISHWASHER WAS BEING USED HOWEVER IT WAS NOT SANITIZING. EMPLOYEES ARE TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE THE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK UNTIL THE DISHWASHER IS REPAIRED. MANAGER TO CALL THE DISTRICT MANAGER TO REPAIR THE DISHWASHER. MANAGER HAS AGREED TO A RISK CONTROL PLAN ONCE THE DISHWASHER IS REPAIRED
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08/04/2014 | Follow-up | |
- Person in Charge (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
Correction: Train all employees in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his hands after putting on his hat, pulling up pants, touching dirty wiping cloths and before doning gloves
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food ( moving food on the plate and placeing garnishes on the food)with their bare hands.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Dishwasher was observed in a state of disrepair and damaged.
Correction: Repair the dishwasher to restore a state of condition that allows for proper operation, accuracy, functioning, maintenance, and cleanability per Part IV, Article 1 and 2 of this chapter.r.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing* (corrected on site)
Observation: Due to improper operation of the low temperature chemical sanitizing mechanical warewashing machine, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils are not sanitized after cleaning. (See 12 VAC 5-421-1700). No sanitizer was being dispensed out of the dishwasher
Correction: Repair the unit to restore chemical sanitization. Verify the level of sanitizer and continually monitor by the use of test strips/kit. It is stongly recommend that the dishwasher is checked at the beginning of each shift to ensure that the dishwasher is working properly. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES ARE TO BE WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK UNTIL THE MACHINE IS REPAIRED
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07/31/2014 | Routine | |
provided manager with serv safe training information, discussed with the manager the need for the kitchen to be monitored to ensure proper food safety is being used
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
Correction: Train all employees in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after handling soiled utensils or after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
Observation: In use open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils.
Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands (2) The container and (3) Exposed food clean equipment, utensils, and linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
Observation: The cook was eating in an area other than designated break area while preparing/handling food or contacting clean food contact surfaces.
Correction: All employees should eat in the designated break area away from food preparation/handling areas to prevent cross contamination.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
Observation: Raw food of animal origin holding in a manner that may cause cross contamination of to ready-to-eat food (RTE).
Correction: Separate raw foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including other raw food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location (corrected on site)
Observation: Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor.;Elevate food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
- Thawing (corrected on site)
Observation: Improper methods used to thaw fish.
Correction: Thaw potentially hazardous foods by either of the following methods: 1. Under refrigeration that maintains food temperature at 41°F (45°F) 2. Completely submerged under running water at a temperature of 70°F or below with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow. Ready-to-eat food shall not exceed 41°F and raw animal foods shall not exceed 41°F for more than four hours 3. As part of the cooking process
- Cooling Methods
Observation: As per discussions with cooks and manager the foods are not be cooled down properly
Correction: Cool foods by the following methods: 1. Placing food in shallow pans 2. Separating food into smaller thinner portions 3. Using rapid chill cooling equipment 4. Stirring the food in a container placed in an ice water bath 5. Using containers that facilitate heat transfer 6. Adding ice as an ingredient 7. Any other method that can effectively accomplish cooling.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Turkey, prime rib cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The pasta in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Temperature Measuring Devices
Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the front prep refrigerator.
Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature.
- Equipment - Cutting Surfaces (corrected on site)
Observation: The cutting board(s) are heavily scratched and scored. The food contact surface is no longer easily cleaned and sanitized due to condition.
Correction: Resurface or discard and replace the cutting boards to provide a food contact surface that is smooth, easily cleaned and sanitized.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwash station in the kitchen is being used as a dump station.
Correction: The handwash facility identified above is to be used for washing hands only
- Handwashing Cleanser - Availability (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Soap was not provided at the hand washing lavatories in the kitchen
Correction: Hand soap must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing. Hand cleanser must always be present to aid in reducing microorganisms and particulate matter found on hands.
- Hand Drying Provision (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the kitchen
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
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07/29/2014 | Routine | |
Dishwasher is sanitizing properly
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 05/01/2014 | Other | |
- Critical: Employee Health* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees or applicants are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food, including the date of onset of jaundice or of an illness due to Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus
Correction: Have the license holder require employees or applicants report to the person in charge any information about their health and activities if they are diagnosed with or had a past illness from Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus. PROVIDED PIC WITH THE FDA EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site)
Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after handling soiled utensils or after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site)
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) CHICKEN SALAD, NOODLES, ETC in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Critical: Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Disposition* (corrected on site)
Observation: According to the ""consume by"" date on the prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) TUNA SALAD, CHICKEN SALAD in the refrigerator, the food should have been discarded.
Correction: Discard the food at this time and ensure all prepared RTE food is served, sold or discarded by the ""consume by"" date. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing*
Observation: Due to improper operation of the low temperature chemical sanitizing mechanical warewashing machine, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils are not sanitized after cleaning. (See 12 VAC 5-421-1700)
Correction: Repair the unit to restore chemical sanitization. Verify the level of sanitizer and continually monitor by the use of test strips/kit. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES TO BE WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK UNTIL THE DISHWASHER IS REPAIRED
- Handwashing Cleanser - Availability
Observation: Soap was not provided at the hand washing lavatory at the bar
Correction: Hand soap must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing. Hand cleanser must always be present to aid in reducing microorganisms and particulate matter found on hands.
- Hand Drying Provision
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the bars
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
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04/30/2014 | Routine | |
| No violation noted during this evaluation. | 02/14/2014 | Pre-Opening | |
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