- Hands - Where to Wash (repeated violation)
Observation: A food employee was observed cleaning their hands in a food preparation sink.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands in a handwashing lavatory only. Food employees may not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation or utensil washing.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Several foods in the display case(turned off) cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (repeated violation)
Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: cutting board shelf, water pitcher counter, bottom of the broiler.
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces . Repaint cutting board shelf, remove rusty board holder.
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03/07/2016 | Follow-up | |
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not monitoring the cook temperatures of potentially hazardous food.
Correction: Ensure that employees are properly cooking potentially hazardous food to the minimum required temperature for the specified amount of time in accordance with the Regulation. Be particularly careful in cooking those foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, through daily oversight of the employees' routine monitoring of the cooking temperatures.
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not using suitable utensils with ready-to-eat food to prevent cross-contamination.
Correction: Ensure employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment.
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils.
Correction: Ensure employees are properly sanitizing cleaned equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing.
- Person in Charge
Observation: Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
Correction: Train all employees in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties.
- Person in Charge
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*
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.
- Hands - Where to Wash
Observation: A food employee was observed cleaning their hands in a food preparation sink or a sink used for utensil washing.
Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands in a handwashing lavatory. Food employees may not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation or utensil washing.
- Jewelry - Prohibition
Observation: Employees wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food.
Correction: Ensure employees are not wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food. This section does not apply to a plain ring such as a wedding band.
- Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco*
Observation: The staff are eating in an area other than designated break area while preparing/handling food or contacting clean food contact surfaces.
Correction: All staff must eat and drink in the designated break area away from food preparation/handling areas to prevent cross contamination.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Food - Safe and Unadulterated*
Observation: The moldy sour cream and corroded open can of catsup are unsound or adulterated.
Correction: Ensure food is safe and unadulterated. Discard these products.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands*
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.
- Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food (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.
- Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage (repeated violation)
Observation: In-use ice scoop improperly stored: laying with handle in the ice.
Correction: Store in-use utensils or dispensing utensils in one of the following manners: 1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. 2) In food that is not potentially hazardous with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. 3) In a clean, protected location if the utensils are used only with a food that is not potentially hazardous.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between uses.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between uses.
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location (repeated violation)
Observation: Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor.;Elevate all food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
- Critical: Temperature, Cooking - Raw Animal Foods* (corrected on site)
Observation: The chicken breast was not cooked to a sufficient temperature and time to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
Correction: Continue to cook the stuffed food to heat all parts to 165°F or above for 15 seconds.
- Critical: Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Disposition*
Observation: According to the ""consume by"" date on the commercially processed ready-to-eat (RTE) sour cream in the refrigerator, the food should have been discarded 2/16/2016.
Correction: Discard the food at this time and ensure all commercially processed RTE food is served, sold or discarded by the ""consume by"" date after opening. 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: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods
Observation: Raw and/or undercooked seafood is provided on the menu, menu board, table tent or brochure without proper disclosure.
Correction: The Consumer Advisory shall include a disclosure statement that includes a description of the animal-derived foods and identification of the animal-derived foods by asterisking (*) them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain raw or undercooked ingredients. A warning regarding the increased chance of foodborne illness from consuming these foods must also be included.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: One door gasket to the sushi prep refrigerator is in poor repair.
Correction: Repair or replace the door gasket in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Some metal whisks and plastic containers observed in a state of disrepair and damaged.
Correction: Remove all damaged equipment and utensils.
- Good Repair and Calibration of Thermometers
Observation: Observed food thermometer is not calibrated to ensure accuracy.
Correction: Calibrate food thermometer according to manufacturer's specification as necessary to ensure accuracy
- Single-Service and Single-Use Articles, Use Limitation
Observation: Shopping bags observed reused for the storage of unwrapped foods.
Correction: Discontinue the reuse of old shopping bags for food storage.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (repeated violation)
Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: prep tables, shelves, ice maker lid, microwave oven, toaster, knife holder, cutting board, stove, rice cooker, ...
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces .
- Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles
Observation: Clean glasses were found stored on a moldy cloth napkin at the ice bin.
Correction: Store glasses in a clean, dry location where not exposed to splash, dust or other contamination at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles
Observation: Single service items observed unprotected from contamination.
Correction: Store single service items in its original protective packaging or inverted in an approved dispenser.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose (repeated violation)
Observation: The handwash stations at the sushi bar and cooking area are being used for purposes other than washing hands.
Correction: The handwash facilities identified above are to be used for washing hands only
- Sewage - Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater (repeated violation)
Observation: A condensation leak was dripping onto food products in the walk in freezer.
Correction: Repair the condensation leak to prevent incidental contact with foods.
- Hand Drying Provision (repeated violation)
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the sushi bar.
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
- Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
Observation: Kitchen floor, walls, pipes,.... 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.
- Mops - Drying Mops
Observation: Mops not hung up to air dry.
Correction: Wet use maintenance items such as mops must be hung in a position that allows them to air dry so they are not allowed to grow contamination which can then be spread through the establishment at the next use.
- Pests - Controlling Pests*
Observation: Roach observed on prep table.
Correction: Inspect premises on routine basis for the evidence of pests. Have facility treated by a licensed pest control operator in conjunction with improving sanitation and eliminating food and hiding spaces. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces.
- Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter
Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment: children's cot, shoes, toys, scooter, ....
Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
- Critical: Toxics - Presence and Use Restriction (repeated violation)
Observation: Unnecessary poisonous or toxic materials found in the food establishment: RAID.
Correction: Remove unnecessary poisonous or toxic materials.
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02/22/2016 | Routine | |
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
Observation: The person in charge failed to state the required temperatures and holding times for the following conditions of potentially hazardous food: (1) Refrigerated storage, (2) Hot holding, (3) Cooling, and (4) Reheating.
Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
- Person in Charge (corrected on site)
Observation: Evidence of a child : crib, scooter, bike, toys and play dough in the middle of the kitchen, not in compliance with this Regulation.
Correction: Do not have children in the food service areas. Individuals present in areas of a food establishment where food and food contact items are exposed presents a potential contamination risk.
- Jewelry - Prohibition (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food.
Correction: Ensure employees are not wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food. This section does not apply to a plain ring such as a wedding band.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands*
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.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between uses.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration (50-100ppm chlorine) between uses.
- Records - Creation and Retention (repeated violation)
Observation: No parasite destruction records maintained for raw, raw marinated, partially cooked or marinated-partially cooked fish that are served or sold in ready-to-eat form.
Correction: Obtain a written agreement or statement from the supplier stipulating that the fish supplied are frozen throughout to a temperature of -4°F (-20°C) for 168 hours (7 days) in a freezer or at -31°F (-35°C) for 15 hours in a blast freezer.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Rice left from last night hot holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for hot holding are maintained at 135°F or above to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: Foods(eggs, butter, dumplings) sitting on top of inserts in the top of the sandwich unit are cold holding at improper temperatures.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.Do not stack foods in the top of the sandwich unit.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Equipment observed in a state of disrepair and damaged: rusty shelf under prep table, microwave oven..
Correction: Repair or remove the noted items to restore a state of condition that allows for proper operation, accuracy, functioning, maintenance, and cleanability.
- Equipment - Cutting Surfaces
Observation: Some cutting boards are heavily scratched, stained, and scored. The food contact surface is no longer easily cleaned and sanitized due to condition.
Correction: Resurface or discard and replace the cutting boards to provide a food contact surface that is smooth, easily cleaned and sanitized.
- Single-Service and Single-Use Articles, Use Limitation (repeated violation)
Observation: Manufacturer containers(Food Lion bags, wooden crate, styrofoam boxes) were observed reused for the storage of other foods.
Correction: Discontinue the reuse of manufacturer containers for any food storage. Provide approved reusable food storage containers designed for your food storage needs.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (repeated violation)
Observation: The following equipment surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: rice cooker stand, stove, crock pots, prep tables, clean dish shelves, trash cans,...
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces.
- Sewage - Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater (repeated violation)
Observation: A condensate drain line was dripping onto food products in the walk in freezer.
Correction: Repair the condensate drain line to prevent incidental contact with foods.
- Outer Openings - Protected (repeated violation)
Observation: Outer opening of the food establishment is not protected against entry of insects and rodents: gap at top of back door.
Correction: Protect the food establishment against the entry of insects and rodents by 1. Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings, 2. Closed, tight fitting windows, and 3. Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Insects and rodents are vectors of disease-causing microorganisms which may be transmitted to humans by contamination of food and food-contact surfaces.
- Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
Observation: Baseboard coving around the walk in units is not maintained in good repair
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: Walls, pipes, and conduits 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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12/10/2015 | Follow-up | |
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
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.
- Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage
Observation: Dispensing utensils improperly stored between uses.
Correction: Store in-use utensils or dispensing utensils in one of the following manners: 1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. 2) In food that is not potentially hazardous with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. 3) On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment only if the in-use utensil and the food-contact surface of the food preparation table or cooking equipment are cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. 4) In running water of sufficient velocity to flush particulates to the drain. 5) In a clean, protected location if the utensils are used only with a food that is not potentially hazardous. 6) In a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at least 135°F.
- Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location
Observation: Food stored on the freezer floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor.;Elevate all food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
- Records - Creation and Retention
Observation: No parasite destruction records maintained for raw, raw marinated, partially cooked or marinated-partially cooked fish that are served or sold in ready-to-eat form.
Correction: Obtain a written agreement or statement from the supplier stipulating that the fish supplied are frozen throughout to a temperature of -4°F (-20°C) for 168 hours (7 days) in a freezer or at -31°F (-35°C) for 15 hours in a blast freezer.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: The door gaskets to the sushi prep refrigerator are in poor repair.
Correction: Repair or replace the door gaskets in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
- Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: Shelves under front counter and new wood at sushi display case noted in need of painting with a washable paint.
Correction: Repaint front shelves and sushi display support to restore a state of condition that allows for proper operation, accuracy, functioning, maintenance, and cleanability.
- Single-Service and Single-Use Articles, Use Limitation
Observation: Manufacturer containers were observed reused for the storage of other foods.
Correction: Discontinue the reuse of manufacturer containers for any food storage. Provide approved reusable food storage containers designed for your food storage needs.
- Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils*
Observation: The following equipment surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: ice maker interior, stove, crock pots, trash cans,...
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces.
- Equipment and Utensils, Air-Drying Required
Observation: Glasses were found stacked while wet after cleaning and chemical sanitization.
Correction: Items must be allowed to drain and air-dry before being stacked or stored to allow evaporation of chemical sanitizer and moisture that may encourage microbial growth.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose
Observation: One handwash station at the bar is being used for purposes other than washing hands.
Correction: Designate one sink for washing hands only and stock it with soap and towels. Designate and use the other sink for food prep only. Remove soap and towels from this sink.
- Sewage - Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater
Observation: A condensate drain line was dripping onto food products in the walk in freezer.
Correction: Repair the condensate drain line to prevent incidental contact with foods.
- Outer Openings - Protected
Observation: Outer opening of the food establishment is not protected against entry of insects and rodents: gap at top of back door.
Correction: Protect the food establishment against the entry of insects and rodents by 1. Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings, 2. Closed, tight fitting windows, and 3. Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Insects and rodents are vectors of disease-causing microorganisms which may be transmitted to humans by contamination of food and food-contact surfaces.
- Hand Drying Provision
Observation: No disposable towels were provided at some hand washing sinks.
Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials. Replace broken dispnsers.
- Physical Facilities in Good Repair
Observation: Wall edge at back door and baseboard around the walk in units are not maintained in good repair
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: Wall at the three compartment sink noted in need of cleaning and recaulking.
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.
- Critical: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers*
Observation: Containers of cleaners are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Correction: Containers of cleaners must be located in an area that is not with or above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
- Toxics - Presence and Use Restriction
Observation: Unnecessary poisonous or toxic materials found in the food establishment: Hot Shot Insecticide.
Correction: Remove unnecessary poisonous or toxic materials. All pest control is to be conducted by a licensed pest control operator.
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10/30/2015 | Routine | |
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