Alethia House, 4246 South 5th Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35222 - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Alethia House
Address: 4246 South 5th Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35222
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: Jun 4, 2012
Score
(the higher the better)

95

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Inspection Score
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  • Equipment; food contact surfaces (non-cooking) clean; sanitized. Sanitization temperature, concentration, time.
  • Food contamination from cleaning equipment prevented.
  • Potentially hazardous food meets temperature requirements during cold holding. Time as a public health control. Consumer Advisory used if required.
Oct 14, 2011 90
  • Clean clothes; Hair restraints; Nails. Authorized personnel. Other.
  • Food contamination from cleaning equipment prevented.
  • Lighting, Ventilation: adequate. Ventilation system(filters), clean, operated. Lights shielded.
  • Properly labeled; Original container. Records. Code, date, outdated
  • Refuse, recyclables, and returnables. Outdoor/Indoor storage area approved. Receptacles provided; covered. Approved refuse disposal method.
  • Warewashing facilities: designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located, operated. Accurate thermometers, Chemical test papers.
  • Wiping cloths; clean, use limitations, stored.
Feb 28, 2012 94
  • Food contamination from cleaning equipment prevented.
  • Food contamination prevented during storage, preparation, display, handling, other.
  • In use, between use, food/ice dispensing utensils properly stored.
  • Lighting, Ventilation: adequate. Ventilation system(filters), clean, operated. Lights shielded.
  • Potentially hazardous food meets temperature requirements during receiving, cooking, hot holding, cooling. Pasteurized eggs used if required.
  • Properly labeled; Original container. Records. Code, date, outdated
  • Warewashing facilities: designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located, operated. Accurate thermometers, Chemical test papers.
Jun 4, 2012 95

Violation descriptions and comments

Oct 14, 2011

3-501.16 Maintain potentially hazardous food at 41 F or below./ On the salad bar boiled eggs 55F, cheese 55F, ranch dressing 55F/ COS all potentially hazardous food out of temperature voluntarily discarded
4-501.114, 4-703.11 Sanitize utensils with chlorine for 10 seconds or more at the following corresponding concentrations and temperatures: 25 ppm at 120 F or higher; 50 ppm at 75 F or higher; or, 100 ppm at 55 F or higher./ Dishmachine was running, did not detect chemical sanitizer/ COS mgr. placed stopper in dishmachine, ran dishmachine again, chemical sanitizer was detected

I discussed the Alabama Seafood Labeling Law with the Manager, Survornia Key. We discussed the dishwasher operations of loading and unloading the dishes and equipment.

Feb 28, 2012

2-402.11 Wear hair restraints that are designed and worn to effectively keep hair from contacting exposed food, equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped single service/single use articles.
Kitchen food worker was not wearing a hair restraint.
3-501.17 Discard commercially prepared potentially hazardous food when past the manufacturers date limit.
1 gallon milk 02/23 out of date 2 gallons mik 02/27 out of date
4-501.116 Provide test strips with color chart for quaternary ammonia sanitizer.
No chemical test strips to test the quatenary ammonia sanitizer at the 3 compartment sink.
3-304.14 Store wet wiping cloths for sanitizing in quaternary ammonia solution at concentration specified by manufacturer.
No sanitizer soluion made up for wiping cloths.
5-501.17 Provide covered waste receptacle in womens restroom.
No covered waste can in the employee toilet room.
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep and ware washing areas.
Replace the burned out light bulbs in the kitchen.

Jun 4, 2012

ADPH 420-3-22-.03(a) Discard potentially hazardous food requiring refrigeration when past the date limit placed by the manufacturer or packager.
2 gallons of buttermilk 5/14 out of date, 18 cartons of milk 6/02 out of date, 5 lbs.coleslaw 5/27 out of date
3-307.11 Relocate food or equipment or install a splatter shield to prevent contamination of food.
Large bowl of unprotected ice with scoop on self service line without a cover or not under a sneeze guard.
3-301.11 Provide utensil with handle for serving or dispensing food or ice.
A food container stored on the meal in the large meal bin in the storage room..
3-304.12 Provide a clean surface in a protected location for storing ice scoop; or store in ice with handle upright.
Ice scoop handle directly on the ice in the serving bowl.
3-304.12 Store utensils left inside containers of non-potentially hazardous foods with handles above the top of the food.
Scoop handles touching sugar in large sugar bin.
4-501.116 Provide test strips with color chart for quaternary ammonia sanitizer.
No chemical test strips for the sanitizer at the 3 compartment sink.
6-303.11 Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep and ware washing areas.
Lightbulbs burned out near the cooks line hood. Replace the bulbs.

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