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Restaurant: Food Giant #5 Store & Produce
Address: 700 North 19th Street, Bessemer, AL 35020
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: Apr 18, 2012

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84

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4-202.11 Provide smooth, easily cleanable food contact surfaces. / Plastic display board being used over cutting board for cutting and slicing produce. COS-Manager removed plastic display board.

6-501.111 Provide effective insect control. / Flies and gnats located throughout store and in back storage area.
4-502.11 Maintain ambient air thermometers to be accurate and in good repair. / Thermometers in WI coolers and freezers not working properly, and not in good repair.
4-302.12 Provide appropriate, readily accessible thermometers for all WI coolers/freezers.
3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination. / Several boxes of produce stored directly beside hand sink and 2 compartment sink in produce prep area.
4-602.11 Clean fan covers on WI coolers/freezers. / Fan covers with dust accumulation.
4-202.16 Non-food contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance. / WI cooler and freezer doors in bad repair. Large WI freezer door shall be replaced. WI deli cooler door does not close properly.
4-202.16 Replace damaged gaskets on WI cooler and freezer doors.
4-101.19 Provide smooth, corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent surfaces for non food contact surfaces that are exposed to splash, spillage, or food soil. / Large wooden pallets used in WI coolers/freezers for food storage. Pallets shall be removed from WI produce cooler. Provide metal dunnage racks for storage in WI coolers/freezers.
4-202.16 Provide smooth, easily cleanable non food contact surfaces. / Plastic curtains on WI milk cooler door in bad repair.
4-501.14 Clean corners of 2 compartment sink. / 2 compartment produce sink soiled.
4-903.11 Store single service articles at least 6 inches above the floor. / Several boxes of single service cups stored directly on floor in back storage area.
5-205.15 Repair condensate leak in WI cooler. / Condesate leak in deli cooler.
5-205.15 Repair plumbing. / Leak at restroom hand sink faucet.
5-202.11 Provide easily cleanable handwashing sinks, toilets, urinals, toilet lids and seats, and other plumbing fixtures. / Produce hand sink faucet broken and is not easily cleanable.
6-301.12 Provide paper towels or drying device at all hand sinks. / No paper towels at produce hand sink.
6-501.18 Clean handsinks as often as necessary to keep them clean. / Drink can in hand sink, and hand sink soiled.
5-501.115 Clean the refuse storage area as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / Compactor pad heavily soiled. Also, trash and debris around and under compactor.
5-501.113 Keep indoor waste receptacles covered when not in use. / Large indoor trash receptacle in produce prep area without lid, causing gnat/fly problem.
5-501.113 Keep dumpster closed. / Dumpster side door open.
6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged or missing ceiling tiles. / Several water damaged ceiling tiles located throughout store.
6-501.14 Clean restroom exhaust vent cover. / Restroom exhaust vent covers with dust accumulation.
6-501.12 Clean ceiling and/or wall vent covers. / Ceiling/wall vent covers with dust accumulation. Ceiling vent in restroom hanging from ceiling.
6-501.12 Clean facilities (floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, etc.) as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / Floors throughout back storage area of store are soiled, especially under and around pallets, etc.
6-501.12 Clean all WI cooler/freezer floors. / All WI cooler/freezer floors soiled.
6-303.11 Provide at least 10 foot candles of light at 30 inches from floor in WI cooler, WI freezer, and dry storage areas. / Less than 10 foot candles of light in WI frozen food freezer. Replace blown bulbs.
7-209.11 Store personal care and other non toxic items away from food, utensils, equipment, linens and single service/single use articles. / Personal items stored directly beside produce trays.

4-202.16 Non-food contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance. / WI cooler and freezer doors in bad repair. Large WI freezer door shall be replaced. WI deli cooler and WI ice cream freezer doors do not close properly. 4-202.16 Replace damaged gaskets on WI cooler and freezer doors. 4-101.19 Provide smooth, corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent surfaces for non food contact surfaces that are exposed to splash, spillage, or food soil. / Large wooden pallets used in WI coolers/freezers for food storage. Pallets shall be removed from WI coolers/freezers. Provide metal dunnage racks for storage in WI coolers/freezers.
3-305.14 Provide chlorine solution at 50 to 200 ppm for storing cloths used to wipe counters and equipment. / No sanitizing solution set up in produce prep station.
4-903.11 Store single service articles at least 6 inches above the floor. / Several boxes of single service articles stored directly on floor in back storage area.
6-301.11 Provide soap at all hand sinks. / No soap at produce hand sink. 4-402.11 Provide seal between hand washing sink and adjoining wall. / One restroom hand sink pulling away from wall.
6-202.14 Provide tight fitting and self-closing doors on restrooms. / Restroom doors not self-closing.
5-501.115 Clean the refuse storage area as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / Compactor pad heavily soiled. Trash and debris under compactor. 5-501.113 Keep dumpster closed. / Dumpster side doors open.
6-501.12 Clean facilities (floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, etc.) as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / WI freezer/cooler floors, walls, and ceilings soiled. 6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged or missing floor/base tiles. / Cracked floor/base tiles on WI produce cooler floor around floor drain and door. 6-202.15(2) Properly designed and installed air curtains to control flying insects. / Air curtain at loading dock door not working.
6-303.11 Provide at least 10 foot candles of light at 30 inches from floor in WI cooler, WI freezer, and dry storage areas. / Less than 10 foot candles of light in WI frozen food freezer and in WI egg cooler. Replace blown bulbs.
6-304.11 Provide mechanical ventilation to keep rooms free of excessive heat, steam, condensation, vapors, smoke, fumes, and obnoxious odors. / Restroom exhaust fans are not working properly. Also, air vent in one restroom not attached properly to ceiling.

3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below. / 3 packages of sliced melon ranging from 44-48 F. COS-Produce manager discarded.

6-501.111 Provide effective insect control. / Gnats in back storage area and around back loading dock doors.
4-601.11 Clean bottom of RI coolers.
4-602.11 Clean fan covers in WI coolers/freezers.
4-202.16 Non-food contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance. / WI cooler and freezer doors in bad repair. WI ice cream freezer door does not close properly. Bottom wall area and outside area of WI egg cooler in bad repair. Bottom wall area in milk WI milk cooler in bad repair. 4-501.11(B), 4-201.11, 4-202.16 Replace damaged refrigeration unit door gasket. / Several RI cooler/freezer doors with torn gaskets.
4-202.16 Provide smooth, easily cleanable non food contact surfaces. / Plastic curtains located at back loading dock in bad repair.
5-203.13 Maintain access to service sink. / Maintenance and cleaning tools laying all over mop service room floor, making service sink inaccessible.
5-202.11 Provide easily cleanable handwashing sinks, toilets, urinals, toilet lids and seats, and other plumbing fixtures. / Produce handwashing sink with rusted areas.
5-501.115 Clean the refuse storage area as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / Compactor pad heavily soiled. Trash and debris under compactor.
6-501.12 Clean facilities (floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, etc.) as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness. / WI freezer/cooler floors, walls, and ceilings soiled and/or ceiling dusty around fans. Floor at back loading dock area soiled. Wall in mop sink area in bad repair. 6-501.11 Repair or replace damaged or missing floor/base tiles. / Cracked floor/base tiles on WI produce cooler floor around floor drain and door. 6-501.12 Clean WI freezer/cooler floors.
6-501.16 Store mops so that they may be air-dried without contaminating walls, equipment, or supplies. / Wet and dry mops, brooms, etc. laying all over floor in mop service room.

5-403.12 Condensate drainage and other non-sewage liquids and rainwater shall be drained from point of discharge to disposal according to law. / Manager shall have City of Bessemer plumbing official contact EHS.

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