- 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.
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03/24/2016 | Routine | |
- Warewashing - Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Wash Solution Temperature (corrected on site)
Observation: The wash temperature of the low temperature chemical sanitizing ware wash machine is not meeting the manufacturer's specifications. The minimum temperature is 120ºF and the actual temperature is 100 degrees.
Correction: Discontinue the use of the low temperature chemical sanitizing ware wash machine until it is working properly. Initiate manual wash, rinse, and sanitize method to properly clean and sanitize equipment and utensils. To minimize workload you can move to all single service utensils.
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11/30/2015 | Routine | |
- Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Unlabeled food containers.
Correction: Label working containers with the common name of its contents. Consumers may be allergic to certain foods or ingredients. The mistaken use of an ingredient when the consumer has requested that it not be used may result in severe medical consequences. Liquid foods and granular foods may resemble cleaning compounds. The mistaken use of food from an unlabeled container could result in chemical poisoning.
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07/15/2015 | Routine | |
- Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food (corrected on site)
Observation: Unlabeled food containers.
Correction: Label working containers with the common name of its contents. Consumers may be allergic to certain foods or ingredients. The mistaken use of an ingredient when the consumer has requested that it not be used may result in severe medical consequences. Liquid foods and granular foods may resemble cleaning compounds. The mistaken use of food from an unlabeled container could result in chemical poisoning.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils (corrected on site)
Observation: Food contact surfaces of clean pots used to prepare/store potentially hazardous food items were observed soiled with accumulations of food residues.
Correction: Clean food-contact surfaces no less than every 4 hours to prevent the growth microorganisms on those surfaces.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwash station is being used for purposes other than washing hands.
Correction: The handwash facility identified above is to be used for washing hands only
- Personal Care Items - Storage (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees cell phones, coats, tools stored in such a way that they could contaminate food in the prep area
Correction: All personal care items, medicines and first aid supplies must be stored in such a way to prevent potential contamination of food, food contact items, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service and single-use articles.
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03/10/2015 | Routine | |
- Person in Charge (corrected on site)
Observation: Unauthorized personnel such as children or customers in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas.
Correction: Remove unauthorized personnel. The person in charge shall not permit persons unnecessary to the food establishment operation in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas.
- 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.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination.
Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas.
- 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: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers* (corrected on site)
Observation: Containers of chemical cleaner are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Correction: Containers of chemical cleaner must be located in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
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03/11/2014 | Routine | |
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) 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.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination.
Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas.
- 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.
- Critical: Sanitizer - Criteria/Chemicals for food contact* (corrected on site)
Observation: Sanitizing agent being applied to food contact surfaces does not meet the requirements of 40 CFR 180.940
Correction: Utilize only sanitizer that meet the requirements of 40 CFR 180.940 when applying to food contact surfaces
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03/28/2013 | Routine | |
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