- Lighting - GRP
Lighting - Protection and adequacy.
TFER 229.167(d)(1)(A) - Page 102. Light bulbs are not shielded, coated or otherwise shatter-resistant.
Corrective action: Light bulbs shall be shielded, coated or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- National Sanitation Foundation Approved Equipment - GRP (repeated violation)
Only commercial quality equipment or utensils that meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent will be approved.
Fort Worth Ordinance 12553, Section 16-122 (a). The microwave ovens do not meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent.
Corrective action: Provide a microwave ovens that meets or exceeds National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent . Corrections must be made within 3 days. Future violations shall result in a citation.
- Floors, Walls and Ceilings - GRP
Floors, Walls and Ceilings - Cleanliness, materials and condition.
TFER 229.167(p)(1) - Page 106. Wall surfaces in the men's restroom are damaged.
Corrective action: The physical facilities, including the premises, buildings, systems, fixtures, equipment, devised and materials, shall be maintained in good repair. Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- Good Hygienic Practices (Eating/Drinking/Smoking/Other) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.163(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) & (k) - Pages 21-26 Except as specified, food handlers shall not eat, drink or use any form of tobacco except in designated areas; shall not work with exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens or unwrapped single service when experiencing discharges from the eyes, nose or mouth; shall wear hair restraints; and may not care for or handle animals
The handwashing sink in the sushi area is used for purposes other than handwashing.
Corrective action: The handwashing sink in the sushi area must not be used for purposes other than handwashing. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Sound Condition (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(a) - Page 26 Food shall be safe, unadulterated and honestly presented.
The dented cans is/are unsound and should not be sold, served or consumed.
Corrective action: The dented cans must be sound to be sold, served or consumed. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Cross-Contamination of Raw/Cooked Foods/Other (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(f)(2)(A) & (h) - Pages 32-35 Foods shall be protected from cross-contamination from raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display and while in contact with equipment, utensils, wiping cloths and linens.
The limes is/are stored in contact with or under the raw chicken and eggs.
Corrective action: The limes must not be stored in contact with or under the raw chicken and eggs. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Handwash Facilities with Soap & Towels (corrected on site)
TFER 229.167(e)(2) & (3) - Pages 104-105 Each handwashing station shall be provided with a supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder or bar soap and with disposable paper towels, approved continuous towel system or a heated-air drying device.
No hand cleaning material, i.e., liquid, powder or bar soap, is available at the handwash facilities in the bar. No hand drying provisions were available at the handwash facilities in the bar.
Corrective action: Hand cleaning material, i.e., liquid, powder or bar soap, must be available at the handwash facilities in the bar. Corrections must be made immediately. Hand drying provisions must be available at the handwash facilities in the bar. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Food Contact Surfaces-Cleaned/Sanitized/Good Repair
TFER 229.164(h)(2); 229.165(d)(1); (l)(3); (m) - (r) & (v) - (y) - Pages 35-36: 60 - 61; 78 - 84 & 86 - 88 Multi-use food contact surfaces shall be smooth and free of breaks, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, corners and crevices, rough welds or joints. Single-service and single-use articles may not be reused. Equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Cooking equipment shall be free of encrusted grease and other soil accumulations. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned at the frequency and using methods outlined in TFER. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized after cleaning and before use by following approved manual or mechanical hot water sanitization procedures or by following approved manual or mechanical chemical sanitization procedures. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried. Equipment, utensils and single-service/single-use articles shall be stored in a clean, dry approved location where they are not exposed to splash, dust or contamination and handled, displayed and dispensed so that contamination is prevented.
The rice cooker and shelf storing knives located in the kitchen has/have adhering food or food particles. The rusty dish cart located in the dishwash machine area is/are cracked, chipped, bent or broken and cannot be properly cleaned and sanitized. Single service, single use and clean sanitized sushi knives stored in the sushi area are exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination. The microwave oven used to store or prepare food does not meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent and may not be safe to use for food.
Corrective action: The rice cooker and shelf storing knives located in the kitchen must be properly washed, rinsed and sanitized and free of food or food particles. Corrections must be made immediately. The rusty dish cart located in the dishwash machine area must be free of cracks, chips, bends or breaks to permit it to be properly cleaned and sanitized. Corrections must be made immediately. Single service, single use and clean sanitized utensils must be stored where they are not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination and at least six (6) inches above the floor. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not store the knives on cloth towels (towels are dirty). Remove the noted equipment from the facility. Only commercial quality equipment or utensils that meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent will be approved for use with food. Correct within 3 days days.
- Posting Consumer Advisories- Choking/Reminder/Buffet (repeated violation)
TFER 229.164(h); (r) & 173(b) - Pages 37, 55 & 135 A card, sign or other effective means of notification shall be displayed to notify customers that clean tableware is to be used upon return to self-service areas. Food establishments which deliver shellfish to a consumer for raw consumption shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk associated with certain especially vulnerable consumers eating such shellfish in raw or undercooked form. The Heimlich Maneuver Poster shall be in all food service establishments in a place conspicuous to employees or customers.
Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product are not available in the facility.
Corrective action: Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product must be available in the facility. Corrections must be made within 3 days. Owner given a copy of the advisory requirements. Forth notice! Owner was given warning as the last inspection that a citation would be given if not corrected.
- Food Establishment Permit/Food Handler Card (repeated violation)
TFER 229.171(f) & (g) - Page 126; FW food ordinance Sec. 16-141 A person may not operate a food establishment without a valid health permit to operate. The permit is not valid without a valid Certificate of Occupancy issued by the City of Fort Worth Department of Development. The permit holder will: 1) post the permit at a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers 2) immediately discontinue operations and notify the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 if an imminent health hazard exists 3) replace/upgrade existing facilities and equipment in accordance with TFER guidelines 4) comply with directives of the regulatory authorities including time frames for corrective actions 5) other provisions of the TFER Within seven days of beginning work as a food handler and bi-annually thereafter, all food service workers shall attend a food handler class and shall obtain a food handler's certificate.
Your employee(s) have not attended required annual food handler training.
Corrective action: Any employee that handles food or cleans dishes or utensils must attend food handler training. Walk-in and reserved seating food handler classes are available several times each week at the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods, 818 Missouri Avenue. Food handlers must arrive 30 minutes before class time to complete registration. Late arrivals will not be admitted to class. The charge for the class is $16.00 cash or credit card - no checks. Registration for walk-in English classes begins at 8:30 am and 1:00 pm on Mondays and 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in Room 154. Registration for walk-in Spanish classes begins at 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm. on Tuesdays in Room 154. Contact the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 for times and reservations for reserved seating classes. Additionally, your company may qualify to teach food safety to your employees. Call 817-392-7255 for details or ask your inspector. Corrections must be made within 7 days.
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Regular Inspection | 12/09/2010 | 76 |
- National Sanitation Foundation Approved Equipment - GRP (repeated violation)
Only commercial quality equipment or utensils that meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent will be approved.
Fort Worth Ordinance 12553, Section 16-122 (a). The microwave ovens do not meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent.
Corrective action: Provide a microwave ovens that meets or exceeds National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent . Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- Food Protection - GRP (corrected on site)
Food Protection - Storage, display and self-service.
TFER 229.164(i)(2) - Page 38. All containers of food is/are not stored in food storage areas.
Corrective action: All containers of food must be stored in clean, dry food storage areas 6 inches above the floor to protect it from splash, dust or other contamination during storage. Food may not be stored in locker rooms, toilet rooms, dressing rooms, garbage rooms, mechanical rooms, under unshielded sewer lines, leaking water lines, open stairwells or under other sources of contamination. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Cross-Contamination of Raw/Cooked Foods/Other (repeated violation) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(f)(2)(A) & (h) - Pages 32-35 Foods shall be protected from cross-contamination from raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display and while in contact with equipment, utensils, wiping cloths and linens.
The ready-to-eat food is/are stored in contact with or under the raw chicken.
Corrective action: The ready-to-eat food must not be stored in contact with or under the raw chicken. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Approved Systems (HACCP Plan/Time as Public Hlth Control) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(n)(7) & (10)(A) & 229.171(d)(1)(A) - Pages 47-48, 50-51 & 124 A food establishment shall submit to the regulatory authority for approval a properly prepared HACCP plan if required. If time only is used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food (PHF) before cooking or for a ready-to-eat PHF that is displayed or held for service, the food shall be marked to identify the time which is four hours past the time of removal from temperature control. Refrigerated ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food prepared and held for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked at the time of preparation with the date prepared and the date which the food shall be consumed (7 days at 41 °F). Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food prepared and frozen shall be clearly marked with the time refrigerated prior to freezing and the date which the food shall be consumed (24 hours after thawing).
The rice that is located in the walkin refrigerator has been refrigerated for more than 24 hours and is not marked with the day of preparation or the date which the food shall be consumed by.
Corrective action: The rice/all ready to eat foods that is located in the walkin refrigerator that has been refrigerated for more than 24 hours must be marked with the day of preparation and the date which the food shall be consumed by.
- Manager Demonstration of Knowledge/Certified Food Manager (repeated violation)
TFER 229.163(a) & (b)(1)-(3) (a) Responsibility, assignment. The permit holder shall be the person in charge or shall designate a person in charge and shall ensure that a person in charge is present at the food establishment during all hours of operation. (b) Knowledge, demonstration. Based on the risks of foodborne illness inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point principles, and the requirements of these rules. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by: (1) complying with these rules by having no critical violations during the current inspection; (2) being a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a department approved examination; or (3) responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. TAC 25 Chapter 229 K (b) Food establishments shall have at least one certified food manager on staff. The establishment must be in compliance within 30 days of a change of ownership. Food manager training must be renewed prior to expiration date listed on card. In addition to the food manager's training certificate, the individual must also possess a current City of Fort Worth Food Managers card.
Your employee's Food Manager's Training Certificate is expired. Your employee's Fort Worth Food Manager's Certificate is not available.
Corrective action: Your employee's Food Manager's Certificate must be renewed by attending a Texas Department of Health Certified Food Manager's Training. Corrections must be made within 14 days. Your employee's Fort Worth Food Manager's Certificate must be available for the inspector immediately upon request or displayed. Corrections must be made within 7 days after obtaining State food manager card.
- Food Contact Surfaces-Cleaned/Sanitized/Good Repair (repeated violation) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(h)(2); 229.165(d)(1); (l)(3); (m) - (r) & (v) - (y) - Pages 35-36: 60 - 61; 78 - 84 & 86 - 88 Multi-use food contact surfaces shall be smooth and free of breaks, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, corners and crevices, rough welds or joints. Single-service and single-use articles may not be reused. Equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Cooking equipment shall be free of encrusted grease and other soil accumulations. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned at the frequency and using methods outlined in TFER. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized after cleaning and before use by following approved manual or mechanical hot water sanitization procedures or by following approved manual or mechanical chemical sanitization procedures. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried. Equipment, utensils and single-service/single-use articles shall be stored in a clean, dry approved location where they are not exposed to splash, dust or contamination and handled, displayed and dispensed so that contamination is prevented.
Single-service or single-use articles, i.e., single-use plastic bags, buckets, etc., are being reused for food product storage in the kitchen. The microwave oven located in the kitchen has/have adhering food or food particles.
Corrective action: Articles designed for single-service and single-use may not be reused for food product storage. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not reuse plastic food container for other food. The microwave oven located in the kitchen must be properly washed, rinsed and sanitized and free of food or food particles. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Posting Consumer Advisories- Choking/Reminder/Buffet
TFER 229.164(h); (r) & 173(b) - Pages 37, 55 & 135 A card, sign or other effective means of notification shall be displayed to notify customers that clean tableware is to be used upon return to self-service areas. Food establishments which deliver shellfish to a consumer for raw consumption shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk associated with certain especially vulnerable consumers eating such shellfish in raw or undercooked form. The Heimlich Maneuver Poster shall be in all food service establishments in a place conspicuous to employees or customers.
Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product are not available in the facility.
Corrective action: Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product must be available in the facility. Corrections must be made within 3 days. Owner given a copy of the advisory requirements. Third notice. Failure to comply shall result in a citation.
- Food Establishment Permit/Food Handler Card
TFER 229.171(f) & (g) - Page 126; FW food ordinance Sec. 16-141 A person may not operate a food establishment without a valid health permit to operate. The permit is not valid without a valid Certificate of Occupancy issued by the City of Fort Worth Department of Development. The permit holder will: 1) post the permit at a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers 2) immediately discontinue operations and notify the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 if an imminent health hazard exists 3) replace/upgrade existing facilities and equipment in accordance with TFER guidelines 4) comply with directives of the regulatory authorities including time frames for corrective actions 5) other provisions of the TFER Within seven days of beginning work as a food handler and bi-annually thereafter, all food service workers shall attend a food handler class and shall obtain a food handler's certificate.
Your employee(s) have not attended required annual food handler training.
Corrective action: Any employee that handles food or cleans dishes or utensils must attend food handler training. Walk-in and reserved seating food handler classes are available several times each week at the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods, 818 Missouri Avenue. Food handlers must arrive 30 minutes before class time to complete registration. Late arrivals will not be admitted to class. The charge for the class is $16.00 cash or credit card - no checks. Registration for walk-in English classes begins at 8:30 am and 1:00 pm on Mondays and 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in Room 154. Registration for walk-in Spanish classes begins at 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm. on Tuesdays in Room 154. Contact the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 for times and reservations for reserved seating classes. Additionally, your company may qualify to teach food safety to your employees. Call 817-392-7255 for details or ask your inspector. Corrections must be made within 7 days.
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Regular Inspection | 07/30/2010 | 80 |
- National Sanitation Foundation Approved Equipment - GRP
Only commercial quality equipment or utensils that meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent will be approved.
Fort Worth Ordinance 12553, Section 16-122 (a). The microwave oven does not meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent.
Corrective action: Provide a microwave oven that meets or exceeds National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent . Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- Non-food Contact Surfaces - GRP (repeated violation)
Non-food Contact Surfaces - Type and condition.
TFER 229.165(m)(2) - Page 78. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are not free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Under cabinets in sushi area are not clean and free of debris. TFER 229.165(a)(11) & (d)(6) - Pages 60 & 62. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling are not constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent and smooth material or are not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance.
Corrective action: Clean nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment so that they are free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that require frequent cleaning shall be constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent and smooth material. Nonfood contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections and crevices and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance. Corrections must be made within 3 days. Do not use drink crates as shelves.
- Food Protection - GRP
Food Protection - Storage, display and self-service.
TFER 229.164(i)(2) - Page 38. The bag of cabbage and containers of food are not stored in food storage areas.
Corrective action: The all food and containers of food must be stored in clean, dry food storage areas 6 inches above the floor to protect it from splash, dust or other contamination during storage. Food may not be stored in locker rooms, toilet rooms, dressing rooms, garbage rooms, mechanical rooms, under unshielded sewer lines, leaking water lines, open stairwells or under other sources of contamination. Corrections must be made immediately. Provide enough shelves in the walk-in cooler to get all food off the floor.
- Premises - GRP
Premises - Condition.
TFER 229.167(p)(14)(a) - Page 109. Items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment are stored on the premises.
Corrective action: The premises shall be free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment and litter. Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- Good Hygienic Practices (Eating/Drinking/Smoking/Other) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.163(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) & (k) - Pages 21-26 Except as specified, food handlers shall not eat, drink or use any form of tobacco except in designated areas; shall not work with exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens or unwrapped single service when experiencing discharges from the eyes, nose or mouth; shall wear hair restraints; and may not care for or handle animals
The handwashing sink in the kitchen is used for purposes other than handwashing.
Corrective action: The handwashing sink in the kitchen must not be used for purposes other than handwashing. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not wash dishes in the hand sink.
- Approved Source/Labeling
TFER 229.164(b), (d), (l), (p) & (q) - Pages 26, 41, 53 & 55-56 Food shall be obtained from sources that comply with applicable laws and are licensed by the state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over their processing and distribution of food. Additionally, packaged foods shall comply with standard of identity requirements, will be presented honestly and shall be labeled according to law.
The raw salmon used for sushi is/are not from an approved food preparation/processing facility. Salmon is not received from a source that freezes it to destroy parasites.
Corrective action: The raw salmon used for sushi must originate from an approved food preparation/processing facility. Corrections must be made immediately. Provide an approved source that freezes the raw salmon for parasite destruction for use in sushi. Manager has contacted his fish supplier to fax him the required information.
- Cross-Contamination of Raw/Cooked Foods/Other (repeated violation) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(f)(2)(A) & (h) - Pages 32-35 Foods shall be protected from cross-contamination from raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display and while in contact with equipment, utensils, wiping cloths and linens.
The green onions is/are stored in contact with or under the raw eggs and chicken.
Corrective action: The green onions must not be stored in contact with or under the raw eggs and chicken. Corrections must be made immediately. Store raw chicken and eggs on the bottom shelf in the walk-in cooler.
- Manager Demonstration of Knowledge/Certified Food Manager
TFER 229.163(a) & (b)(1)-(3) (a) Responsibility, assignment. The permit holder shall be the person in charge or shall designate a person in charge and shall ensure that a person in charge is present at the food establishment during all hours of operation. (b) Knowledge, demonstration. Based on the risks of foodborne illness inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point principles, and the requirements of these rules. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by: (1) complying with these rules by having no critical violations during the current inspection; (2) being a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a department approved examination; or (3) responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. TAC 25 Chapter 229 K (b) Food establishments shall have at least one certified food manager on staff. The establishment must be in compliance within 30 days of a change of ownership. Food manager training must be renewed prior to expiration date listed on card. In addition to the food manager's training certificate, the individual must also possess a current City of Fort Worth Food Managers card.
Your employee's Food Manager's Training Certificate is expired. Your employee's Fort Worth Food Manager's Certificate is not available.
Corrective action: Your employee's Food Manager's Certificate must be renewed by attending a Texas Department of Health Certified Food Manager's Training. Corrections must be made within 14 days. Your employee's Fort Worth Food Manager's Certificate must be available for the inspector immediately upon request or displayed. Corrections must be made within 7 days after obtaining State food manager card.
- Thermometers Provided/Accurate/Properly Calibrated (repeated violation) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.165(d) & (h)(2) - Pages 62 & 71 Food temperature measuring devices shall be provided where required and readily accessible for use in ensuring attainment and maintenance of proper food temperatures. A temperature measuring devise shall also be provided and readily accessible for frequently measuring the washing and sanitizing temperatures at manual warewashing stations.
The chest/coffin freezer in the kitchen did not have a readily available and visible thermometer.
Corrective action: The chest/coffin freezer in the kitchen must have a readily available and visible thermometer. Corrections must be made within 2 days.
- Food Contact Surfaces-Cleaned/Sanitized/Good Repair (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(h)(2); 229.165(d)(1); (l)(3); (m) - (r) & (v) - (y) - Pages 35-36: 60 - 61; 78 - 84 & 86 - 88 Multi-use food contact surfaces shall be smooth and free of breaks, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, corners and crevices, rough welds or joints. Single-service and single-use articles may not be reused. Equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Cooking equipment shall be free of encrusted grease and other soil accumulations. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned at the frequency and using methods outlined in TFER. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized after cleaning and before use by following approved manual or mechanical hot water sanitization procedures or by following approved manual or mechanical chemical sanitization procedures. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried. Equipment, utensils and single-service/single-use articles shall be stored in a clean, dry approved location where they are not exposed to splash, dust or contamination and handled, displayed and dispensed so that contamination is prevented.
The food equipment located in the kitchen is/are not properly sanitized. Single-service or single-use articles, i.e., single-use plastic bags, buckets, etc., are being reused for food product storage in the kitchen. The trays storing breading located in the kitchen has/have adhering food or food particles.
Corrective action: The food equipment located in the kitchen must be properly sanitized. Corrections must be made immediately. Articles designed for single-service and single-use may not be reused for food product storage. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not reuse plastic food container (seaweed) for other food. The trays storing breading located in the kitchen must be properly washed, rinsed and sanitized and free of food or food particles. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Posting Consumer Advisories- Choking/Reminder/Buffet
TFER 229.164(h); (r) & 173(b) - Pages 37, 55 & 135 A card, sign or other effective means of notification shall be displayed to notify customers that clean tableware is to be used upon return to self-service areas. Food establishments which deliver shellfish to a consumer for raw consumption shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk associated with certain especially vulnerable consumers eating such shellfish in raw or undercooked form. The Heimlich Maneuver Poster shall be in all food service establishments in a place conspicuous to employees or customers.
Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product are not available in the facility.
Corrective action: Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product must be available in the facility. Corrections must be made within 3 days. Owner given a copy of the advisory requirements.
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Follow-up Inspection | 03/03/2010 | 76 |
- Food Protection - GRP
Food Protection - Storage, display and self-service.
TFER 229.164(i)(2) - Page 38. The tea in urn stored on the walk-in floor is/are not stored in food storage areas.
Corrective action: The tea in urn stored on the walk-in floor must be stored in clean, dry food storage areas 6 inches above the floor to protect it from splash, dust or other contamination during storage. Food may not be stored in locker rooms, toilet rooms, dressing rooms, garbage rooms, mechanical rooms, under unshielded sewer lines, leaking water lines, open stairwells or under other sources of contamination. Corrections must be made immediately.
- National Sanitation Foundation Approved Equipment - GRP
Only commercial quality equipment or utensils that meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent will be approved.
Fort Worth Ordinance 12553, Section 16-122 (a). The toaster oven and microwave oven does not meet or exceed National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent.
Corrective action: Provide only toaster oven and microwave oven that meets or exceeds National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards or their equivalent . Corrections must be made within 5 days.
- Floors, Walls and Ceilings - GRP
Floors, Walls and Ceilings - Cleanliness, materials and condition.
TFER 229.167(p)(2)(A) - Page 106. Wall surfaces in the grill area are not clean .
Corrective action: The physical facility shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning shall be done during periods when the least amount of food is exposed such as after closing. Corrections must be made within 2 days.
- Non-food Contact Surfaces - GRP
Non-food Contact Surfaces - Type and condition.
TFER 229.165(m)(2) - Page 78. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are not free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Under cabinets in sushi area are not clean and free of debris. Shelf is rusty in kitchen.
Corrective action: Clean nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment so that they are free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
- COMMENT:
Sushi fish and sushi rice shall follow the correct procedures as outlined in the Texas Food Establishment Rules. Management shall be aware of the requirements and provide a written procedure for employees to follow for all sushi fish that is not frozen for parasite destruction and for sushi rice that is left out of temperature. Sushi fish received frozen shall had a statement on the invoice from the supplier that the fish is frozen for parasite destruction. All fish served raw that is required to be frozen for parasite destruction shall be purchased from a supplier that freezes the product until a written procedure is provided to and approved by Consumer Health. A copy of the code has been provided to the manager. Sushi display coolers shall keep fish at 34 °F or below. Coolers were turned off at the time of inspection.
- Cold Hold (41 °F) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(n)(6) - Page 46; FW Ordinance 16-123(f) Except during preparation, cooking, cooling, or when time is used as a public health control, potentially hazardous food shall be maintained at 41 °F or below. Additionally, fish and seafood shall be refrigerated to a temperature of 34 °F or less.
The eggs, tofu, and chicken is in/on the broken cooler at an internal temperature of 50 to 54 degrees F and is not being maintained at 41 °F or below.
Corrective action: Discard the eggs, tofu, and chicken that is/are not being maintained at 41 °F or below. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Good Hygienic Practices (Eating/Drinking/Smoking/Other)
TFER 229.163(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) & (k) - Pages 21-26 Except as specified, food handlers shall not eat, drink or use any form of tobacco except in designated areas; shall not work with exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens or unwrapped single service when experiencing discharges from the eyes, nose or mouth; shall wear hair restraints; and may not care for or handle animals
The manager is drinking in a food service area from an uncovered container while preparing/handling food or contacting clean food contact surfaces.
Corrective action: If in a food service area and preparing/handling food or contacting clean food contact surface, the manager must drink from covered containers. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Approved Source/Labeling
TFER 229.164(b), (d), (l), (p) & (q) - Pages 26, 41, 53 & 55-56 Food shall be obtained from sources that comply with applicable laws and are licensed by the state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over their processing and distribution of food. Additionally, packaged foods shall comply with standard of identity requirements, will be presented honestly and shall be labeled according to law.
The raw salmon used for sushi is/are not from an approved food preparation/processing facility. Salmon is not received from a source that freezes it to destroy parasites.
Corrective action: The raw salmon used for sushi must originate from an approved food preparation/processing facility. Corrections must be made immediately. Provide an approved source that freezes the raw salmon for parasite destruction for use in sushi.
- Cross-Contamination of Raw/Cooked Foods/Other
TFER 229.164(f)(2)(A) & (h) - Pages 32-35 Foods shall be protected from cross-contamination from raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display and while in contact with equipment, utensils, wiping cloths and linens.
The green onions is/are stored in contact with or under the raw eggs and chicken. Ice used for drinks is placed in a plastic container instead of using the ice bin in the kitchen.
Corrective action: The green onions must not be stored in contact with or under the raw eggs and chicken. Corrections must be made immediately. Store raw chicken and eggs on the bottom shelf in the walk-in cooler. Use the ice storage bin in the kitchen below the soda lines for drinks.
- Approved Systems (HACCP Plan/Time as Public Hlth Control)
TFER 229.164(n)(7) & (10)(A) & 229.171(d)(1)(A) - Pages 47-48, 50-51 & 124 A food establishment shall submit to the regulatory authority for approval a properly prepared HACCP plan if required. If time only is used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food (PHF) before cooking or for a ready-to-eat PHF that is displayed or held for service, the food shall be marked to identify the time which is four hours past the time of removal from temperature control. Refrigerated ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food prepared and held for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked at the time of preparation with the date prepared and the date which the food shall be consumed (7 days at 41 °F). Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food prepared and frozen shall be clearly marked with the time refrigerated prior to freezing and the date which the food shall be consumed (24 hours after thawing).
The rice on or near the sushi bar in a marked container or package and exceeding the four (4) hours of the time when it was removed from temperature control is not discarded. Sushi rice is not time marked
Corrective action: The rice on or near the sushi bar in a marked container or package and exceeding the four (4) hours of the time when it was removed from temperature control must be discarded. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
TFER 229.165(g)(1) - Page 69 Equipment for heating and cooling food and for holding cold and hot food shall be sufficient in number and capacity to provide food temperatures as specified in para TFER 229.164.
The reachin refrigerator is not holding cold raw meat at 41 degrees F or below.
Corrective action: The reachin refrigerator must hold cold raw meat at 41 degrees F or below. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Handwash Facilities with Soap & Towels
TFER 229.167(e)(2) & (3) - Pages 104-105 Each handwashing station shall be provided with a supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder or bar soap and with disposable paper towels, approved continuous towel system or a heated-air drying device.
No hand drying provisions were available at the handwash facilities in the sushi bar.
Corrective action: Hand drying provisions must be available at the handwash facilities in the sushi bar. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Toxic Items Properly Labeled/Stored/Used (corrected on site)
TFER 229.168(a) - (l) - Pages 111-115 Containers of poisonous toxic materials and personal care items shall bear a legible manufacturer's label. Working containers of poisonous or toxic materials shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. Poisonous or toxic materials shall be stored so they cannot contaminate food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles. Only those poisonous or toxic materials that are required for the operation and maintenance of the food establishment (excluding those for retail sale) shall be allowed in the food establishment.
Working containers of chemical are not properly labeled. Containers of chemical are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
Corrective action: All working containers of chemical must be properly labeled. Corrections must be made immediately. All containers of chemical must be properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Manager Demonstration of Knowledge/Certified Food Manager
TFER 229.163(a) & (b)(1)-(3) (a) Responsibility, assignment. The permit holder shall be the person in charge or shall designate a person in charge and shall ensure that a person in charge is present at the food establishment during all hours of operation. (b) Knowledge, demonstration. Based on the risks of foodborne illness inherent to the food operation, during inspections and upon request the person in charge shall demonstrate to the regulatory authority knowledge of foodborne disease prevention, application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point principles, and the requirements of these rules. The person in charge shall demonstrate this knowledge by: (1) complying with these rules by having no critical violations during the current inspection; (2) being a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a department approved examination; or (3) responding correctly to the inspector's questions as they relate to the specific food operation. TAC 25 Chapter 229 K (b) Food establishments shall have at least one certified food manager on staff. The establishment must be in compliance within 30 days of a change of ownership. Food manager training must be renewed prior to expiration date listed on card. In addition to the food manager's training certificate, the individual must also possess a current City of Fort Worth Food Managers card.
Your employee's Food Manager's Training Certificate is expired.
Corrective action: Your employee's Food Manager's Certificate must be renewed by attending a Texas Department of Health Certified Food Manager's Training. Corrections must be made within 14 days.
- Thermometers Provided/Accurate/Properly Calibrated
TFER 229.165(d) & (h)(2) - Pages 62 & 71 Food temperature measuring devices shall be provided where required and readily accessible for use in ensuring attainment and maintenance of proper food temperatures. A temperature measuring devise shall also be provided and readily accessible for frequently measuring the washing and sanitizing temperatures at manual warewashing stations.
The chest/coffin freezer in the kitchen did not have a readily available and visible thermometer.
Corrective action: The chest/coffin freezer in the kitchen must have a readily available and visible thermometer. Corrections must be made within 2 days.
- Food Contact Surfaces-Cleaned/Sanitized/Good Repair
TFER 229.164(h)(2); 229.165(d)(1); (l)(3); (m) - (r) & (v) - (y) - Pages 35-36: 60 - 61; 78 - 84 & 86 - 88 Multi-use food contact surfaces shall be smooth and free of breaks, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, corners and crevices, rough welds or joints. Single-service and single-use articles may not be reused. Equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Cooking equipment shall be free of encrusted grease and other soil accumulations. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned at the frequency and using methods outlined in TFER. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized after cleaning and before use by following approved manual or mechanical hot water sanitization procedures or by following approved manual or mechanical chemical sanitization procedures. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried. Equipment, utensils and single-service/single-use articles shall be stored in a clean, dry approved location where they are not exposed to splash, dust or contamination and handled, displayed and dispensed so that contamination is prevented.
The plastic shelf lining, storage containers, knives, shelves, inside the ice machine, and soda nozzles soaking in water located in the kitchen has/have adhering dirt, food particles, mold, and grease. Single service, single use and clean sanitized equipment stored in the floor are exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination. The paper lining the shelves located in the kitchen is/are not properly sanitized. Single-service or single-use articles, i.e., single-use plastic bags, buckets, etc., are being reused for food product storage in the kitchen.
Corrective action: The plastic shelf lining, storage containers, knives, shelves, inside the ice machine, and soda nozzles soaking in water located in the kitchen must be properly washed, rinsed and sanitized and free of dirt, food particles, mold, and grease. Corrections must be made immediately. Single service, single use and clean sanitized utensils must be stored where they are not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination and at least six (6) inches above the floor. Corrections must be made immediately. The paper lining the shelves located in the kitchen must be properly sanitized. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not lines shelves with newspaper. Articles designed for single-service and single-use may not be reused for food product storage. Corrections must be made immediately. Do not reuse plastic food container (seaweed) for other food.
- Posting Consumer Advisories- Choking/Reminder/Buffet
TFER 229.164(h); (r) & 173(b) - Pages 37, 55 & 135 A card, sign or other effective means of notification shall be displayed to notify customers that clean tableware is to be used upon return to self-service areas. Food establishments which deliver shellfish to a consumer for raw consumption shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk associated with certain especially vulnerable consumers eating such shellfish in raw or undercooked form. The Heimlich Maneuver Poster shall be in all food service establishments in a place conspicuous to employees or customers.
Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product are not available in the facility.
Corrective action: Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning brochures, advisories, label statements, table tents, placards or other effective means of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product must be available in the facility. Corrections must be made within 3 days.
- Food Establishment Permit/Food Handler Card
TFER 229.171(f) & (g) - Page 126; FW food ordinance Sec. 16-141 A person may not operate a food establishment without a valid health permit to operate. The permit is not valid without a valid Certificate of Occupancy issued by the City of Fort Worth Department of Development. The permit holder will: 1) post the permit at a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers 2) immediately discontinue operations and notify the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 if an imminent health hazard exists 3) replace/upgrade existing facilities and equipment in accordance with TFER guidelines 4) comply with directives of the regulatory authorities including time frames for corrective actions 5) other provisions of the TFER Within seven days of beginning work as a food handler and bi-annually thereafter, all food service workers shall attend a food handler class and shall obtain a food handler's certificate.
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Regular Inspection | 02/26/2010 | 55 |
- Cold Hold (41 °F) (corrected on site)
TFER 229.164(n)(6) - Page 46; FW Ordinance 16-123(f) Except during preparation, cooking, cooling, or when time is used as a public health control, potentially hazardous food shall be maintained at 41 °F or below. Additionally, fish and seafood shall be refrigerated to a temperature of 34 °F or less.
The fish/seafood is in/on the reachin refrigerator at an internal temperature of 41 degrees F and is not maintained at 34 °F or below.
Corrective action: Rapidly cool theFish/Seafood to 34 °F. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Handwash Facilities Adequate & Access (corrected on site)
TFER 229.166(f)(2);(g)(1) & (h)(1) & 229.167(e) - Pages 91-93 & 104 At least one handwashing lavatory and not fewer than the number required by law shall be located to allow convenient use by employees in food preparation, food dispensing and warewashing areas and in or immediately adjacent to toilet rooms. Each lavatory shall be equipped to provide water at a temperature of at least 43 degrees C. (110 °F) through a mixing valve or combination faucet.
The handwashing sink in the kitchen is used for purposes other than handwashing. Handsink had a food container sitting in it.
Corrective action: The handwashing sink in the kitchen must not be used for purposes other than handwashing. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Food Contact Surfaces-Cleaned/Sanitized/Good Repair
TFER 229.164(h)(2); 229.165(d)(1); (l)(3); (m) - (r) & (v) - (y) - Pages 35-36: 60 - 61; 78 - 84 & 86 - 88 Multi-use food contact surfaces shall be smooth and free of breaks, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, corners and crevices, rough welds or joints. Single-service and single-use articles may not be reused. Equipment, food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Cooking equipment shall be free of encrusted grease and other soil accumulations. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned at the frequency and using methods outlined in TFER. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized after cleaning and before use by following approved manual or mechanical hot water sanitization procedures or by following approved manual or mechanical chemical sanitization procedures. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried. Equipment, utensils and single-service/single-use articles shall be stored in a clean, dry approved location where they are not exposed to splash, dust or contamination and handled, displayed and dispensed so that contamination is prevented.
The microwave and utensil tray holding clean utensils located in the kitchen has/have adhering food or food particles.
Corrective action: The microwave and utensil tray holding clean utensils located in the kitchen must be properly washed, rinsed and sanitized and free of food or food particles. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Mechanical Warewashing & Sanitizing @ __ ppm/Temperature (repeated violation)
TFER 229.165(k)(5)-(15) - Pages 75 - 77 A warewashing machine and its auxiliary components shall be operated in accordance with the machine's data plate and the manufacturer's instructions. The wash compartment shall contain a wash solution or other cleaning agent mixed according to the manufacturer's label instructions. The wash, rinse and sanitizer solutions shall be maintained clean. The temperature of the wash solution shall be maintained at not less than 74 °C (165 °F) in stationary rack/single temperature machines; not less than 71 °C (160 °F) in single tank/dual temperature machines; and not less than 66 °C (150 °F) in stationary rack/dual temperature or multi-tank/multi- temperature machines. The temperature of the wash solution in spray type warewashers that use chemicals to sanitize may not be less than 49 °C (120 °F). In warewash machines, the rinse water temperature of the fresh hot water as it enters the manifold may not be more than 90 °C (194 °F) or less than 74 °C (165 °F) in stationary rack/single temperature machines or not less than 82 °C (180 °F) in all other types of machines. The hot water flow pressure may not be less than 100 kilopascals (15 pounds per square inch) or more than 170 kilopascals (25 pounds per square inch) in the water line near the sanitizing rinse control valve. A chemical sanitizer used in a sanitizing solution shall be used in accordance with EPA approved manufacturer's label use instructions.
The sanitizing agent in the final rinse has inadequate concentrations to properly sanitize kitchen ware. Dish machine was 0ppm.
Corrective action: The sanitizing agent in the final rinse must be at 50-100 PPM to properly sanitize kitchen ware. Corrections must be made immediately.
- Floors, Walls and Ceilings - GRP
Floors, Walls and Ceilings - Cleanliness, materials and condition.
TFER 229.167(p)(2)(A) - Page 106. Floors in the kitchen are not clean .
Corrective action: The physical facility shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning shall be done during periods when the least amount of food is exposed such as after closing. Corrections must be made within 30 days.
- Non-food Contact Surfaces - GRP
Non-food Contact Surfaces - Type and condition.
TFER 229.165(m)(2) - Page 78. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are not free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Under cabinets in sushi area are not clean and free of debris.
Corrective action: Clean nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment so that they are free of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
- Plumbing- GRP
Plumbing- Plumbing in facility not maintained in good repair.
TFER 229.166(i)(5) - Page 94. The faulty faucet in the mop sink area is not maintained in good repair.
Corrective action: The faulty faucet in the mop sink area shall be maintained in good repair. Corrections must be made within immediately.
- Food Establishment Permit/Food Handler Card
TFER 229.171(f) & (g) - Page 126; FW food ordinance Sec. 16-141 A person may not operate a food establishment without a valid health permit to operate. The permit is not valid without a valid Certificate of Occupancy issued by the City of Fort Worth Department of Development. The permit holder will: 1) post the permit at a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers 2) immediately discontinue operations and notify the Consumer Health Division at 817-392-7255 if an imminent health hazard exists 3) replace/upgrade existing facilities and equipment in accordance with TFER guidelines 4) comply with directives of the regulatory authorities including time frames for corrective actions 5) other provisions of the TFER Within seven days of beginning work as a food handler and bi-annually thereafter, all food service workers shall attend a food handler class and shall obtain a food handler's certificate.
Your employee's Food Handler Cards are expired. Waitress on duty did not have food handler card.
Corrective action: food service worker must attend food handler training. Walk-in and reserved seating food handler classes are available several times each week at the Public Health Center, 1800 University. Food handlers must arrive 30 minutes before class time to complete registration. Late arrivals will not be admitted to class. The charge for the class is $16.00 cash or credit card - no checks. Registration for walk-in English classes begins at 8:30 am and 1:00 pm on Mondays and 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in Room 219. Registration for walk-in Spanish classes begins at 8:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm. on Tuesdays in Room 219. Contact the Consumer Health Division at 871-7258 for times and reservations for reserved seating classes. Additionally, your company may qualify to teach food safety to your employees. Call 871-7258 for details or ask your inspector. Corrections must be made within 7 days.
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