Discussed with PIC the need to provide additional cold holding units / possible limitation of menu items / prohibition of any 2-stage cooling processes from taking place in the food establishment. All electrical cords are to be removed from the kitchen area (designated electrical outlets need to be provided as needed). Note: Prep and Hand Washing Sink are not to be used as dump sinks.
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not practicing proper methods to rapidly cool potentially hazardous food (PHF).
Correction: Ensure employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool PHF that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours, through daily oversight of the employees' routine monitoring of food temperatures during cooling.
- Critical: Hands - When to Wash*
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: The kitchen staff are 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: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation*
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.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation*
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.
- Cooling Methods
Observation: The methods used for cooling were not adequate.
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*
Observation: Product cold holding at improper temperatures in ice bath.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in a ice bath that is setup to completely surround the outside of the product's container.
- Equipment and Utensils - Durability
Observation: The food storage containers are not designed and constructed to be durable.
Correction: Remove this item from the facility and replace with an approved NFS food grade containers as needed. Equipment and utensils must be capable of maintaining their original characteristics in order to be easily cleaned and to prevent contamination of food.
- Cooling, Heating, and Holding Capacities
Observation: Cold holding units were overstocked and is not sufficient in number or capacity to meet the food storage demands of the establishment.
Correction: Provide additional cold holding units necessary to maintain food items at 41'F or below. Overstocked equipment does not allow for proper air circulation and/or heat transfer. Improper food storage temperatures are a major contributing factor to foodborne illness.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils*
Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: meat slicer.
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
- Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing*
Observation: When tested, no sanitizer or a low concentration of chemical sanitizer was found in the wiping cloth bucket storing wiping cloths used on food contact surfaces..
Correction: Provide Quaternary Ammonia at proper concentration of 150 - 400 ppm (minimum solution temperature of 75'F) and immerse or expose food contact surfaces to sanitizing solution for adequate time.
- Toilet Rooms - Enclosed
Observation: Toilet room door is not provided with a self-closing door
Correction: Provide a self-closer for the toilet room door. Completely enclosed toilet facilities minimize the potential for the spread of disease by the movement of flies and other insects between the toilet facility and food preparation areas.
- Physical Facilities in Good Repair
Observation: Missing ceiling tile in food prep area.
Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
- Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions
Observation: Floor in the kitchen 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.
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