Restaurant: Metro Gardens
Address: 17 Shore Street, Petersburg, VA 23803
Type: Adult Care Home Food Service
Phone: 804 732-1813
Total inspections: 5
Last inspection: 10/09/2015
Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (repeated violation) Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) pork BBQ, chicken gravy and cooked ham 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: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (repeated violation) Observation: The ready-to-eat (RTE) commercially processed potato salad 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.
Temperature - Food Temperature Measuring Devices - Provided Observation: The Person in Charge could not produce an appropriate food temperature measuring device to verify cooking temperatures of thin foods such as meat patties or fish filets.
Correction: A temperature measuring device with a suitable small-diameter probe that is designed to measure the temperature of thin masses shall be provided and readily accessible to accurately measure the temperature in thin foods such as meat patties and fish filets.
10/09/2015
Routine
no food prep or service was occurring at the time of this inspection
Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) Observation: The chili and tuna were 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.
Handwashing Cleanser - Availability (corrected on site) Observation: Soap was not provided at the hand washing lavatory 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.
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