Taqueria La Mexicana, 2401 W. Caldwell, Visalia, CA - Restaurant inspection findings and violations
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Inspection findings | Inspection Date | Score |
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- Reinspection for violations noted on 11/19/2008
- Facility approved to open for business
- Confirmed exhaust hood cleaned, serviced and repaired
- OK to resume cooking
- Pending items: Food safety training must be completed
- Educate and train employees on correct food storage procedures, identification of food spoilage, correctly mixing the sanitizing buckets with minimum concentration of bleach measuring 100 ppm and cross contaminating food by storing bags of avocados in bulk rice containers
- Do not store dishwashing racks on the floor
- Defrost the freezer
- Clean and sanitize drain baffle ad fill area where chemicals are added
- Remove black grease accumulation
- Dishwasher sanitizing solution must measure 50 ppm minimum
- Patch, sand, seal and repaint all deteriorated wall areas in kitchen and storeroom and hot water heater room
- Cabinet below pepsi machine needs a 12\" x 12\" access area for floor sink maintenance.
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11/26/2008 | |
- No one food safety trained
- Employees had no knowledge of sanitizing solution requirements for dishwasher and correct concentration of bleach using test strips
- Minimum concentration required for dishwasher is 50 ppm
- Minimum concentration of sanitizing buckets is 100 ppm of bleach
- Observed quart containers of sour cream, cheese and condiments stored incorrectly inside pan full of ice
- The pan must be deep enough to hold ice that covers the entire container to match inside food level
- This method keeps all food at or below 41 degrees
- Thirty heads of decaying cabbage were voluntarily thrown in trash
- Do not store at room temperature
- Sanitizing buckets with cotton terry cloth towels not available for wiping tables and food preparation surfaces
- Mix one dedicated bucket with bleach solution for dining area and one for kitchen
- A 100 ppm of bleach solution is required
- Closed.
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11/19/2008 | 82 |
- At least one employee must be food safety trained
- Owner scheduled for training to be completed within 60 days.
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5/22/2008 | 96 |
- Walk in refrigerator food (beef/sauce mix) measured 42.9 degrees
- Inside thermometer measured 44 degrees and outside thermometer measured 50 degrees
- Contact repair person to troubleshoot this refrigeration unit to ensure 41 degrees or below can be maintained at all times
- Provide one working (approved) thermometer for this unit
- Also heavy condensation dripping on raw vegetables
- Repair person must address this issue as well
- Evaluation/repairs must be done today to ensure food is safely stored
- Food safety knowledge is lacking for this facility
- No certificate available demonstrating compliance and \"most important\" every employee knows how to safely store, prepare and cook food as well as approve cleaning procedures for all food utensils and food contact surfaces
- Train all employees today
- Cockroach infestation observed to be heavy
- Do it yourself pest control efforts have not solved this problem
- Observed adults and nymphs and egg cases in rear store room, kitchen, cabinets, customer service counter
- Dead cockroaches and cockroach feces observed in these areas as well
- A major effort must be initiated with a professional pest control service to eliminate all pests from this facility
- Note: Old pest control bait observed throughout facility
- If improperly applied the bait becomes ineffective
- All of the old insecticide bait must be removed (scrubbed and cleaned) from entire facility.
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1/24/2008 | 85 |
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