Taquerio El Paso, 3135 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073 - Mobile Food Unit inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Taquerio El Paso
Address: 3135 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Type: Mobile Food Unit
Total inspections: 5
Last inspection: 08/28/2015

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

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Will reinspect later today on temperature control.
  • 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. Went over proper hand washing and when to wash hands.
  • Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
    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. Went over the glove usage with the PIC. Must wash hands before putting gloves on.
  • 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). Raw beef over cilantro
    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.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Beef and Chorizo hot holding at improper temperatures. Setting in pans at room temp.
    Correction: Hot hold potentially hazardous food at 135°F or above to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria. Meats returned to grill to reheat and held on grill until a steam table is purchased.
  • Critical: Time as a Public Health Control* (corrected on site)
    Observation: No written procedures for the use of time as a public health control with potentially hazardous foods.
    Correction: Provide written procedures for the use of time as a public health control. The procedures must include the following steps or practices: a. Food must be marked with the time within which it must be cooked, served or discarded. b. The food is served or discarded within four hours from the time when the food is removed from temperature control c. Food in unmarked containers or packages, or for which the time expires is discarded and d. Written procedures are maintained in the food establishment and made available to the regulatory authority upon request e. Once time is implemented as a control measure for potentially hazardous food, no other measures may be substituted. Written procedure to be provided today.
  • Critical: Time as a Public Health Control* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Cooked onions for which time rather than temperature is being used as a control was not labeled or otherwise marked with a 4 hour cook, serve or discard by time.
    Correction: Discard food that is not cooked and served or served if ready-to-eat within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Clearly label or otherwise mark the food with a 4-hour cook-serve or serve by time. Onions to be labeled correctly today.
08/28/2015Risk Factor
Owner to install a steam table to hot hold meats (partially cooked)
No violation noted during this evaluation.
08/28/2015Risk Factor
No violation noted during this evaluation.08/28/2015Routine
Mobile unit must move at least twice a week. No food production in action at the time of inspection.
  • Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Corrosion Resistant/Nonabsorbent
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the electrical outlet is not cleanable.
    Correction: Nonfood contact equipment that is exposed to splash, spillage, food soiling, or requires frequent cleaning must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent. Fix outlet to wall and seal with caulk. Correct in 1 week.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair
    Observation: Window screening at service window is not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities. New screening to be made and installed in 4 weeks. Temp repair screening to be installed until new one is made. Correct before opening.
06/25/2015Routine
Permit issued today. no food service in operation at inspection time.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
06/25/2015Routine

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