Generally, facility found to be clean and well ordered. Chlorine sanitizer at auto dishwashing machine ok at 50ppm. Chlorine solution in wet wiping cloth bucket at 75ppm. Good cooling procedures being followed-refried beans in shallow pan cooling on bed of ice.
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge* (corrected on site)
Observation: The person in charge failed to explain his or her responsibility in preventing the transmission of foodborne disease by an employee who has a disease or a medical condition that may cause foodborne disease.
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. Reviewed employee health policy requirements with person in charge and left handouts.
- Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge* (corrected on site)
Observation: The person in charge failed to describe the symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food.
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.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sour cream stored in front single door reach in refrigerator stored below raw meat. Raw food of animal origin holding in a manner that may cause cross contamination of to ready-to-eat food (RTE).
Correction: Corrected by re-ordering these foods as indicated here: Separate raw foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including other raw food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
- Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
Observation: In 2 door service refrigerator, cold holding fresh salsa and flan at improper temperatures.
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below. Operator corrected by discarding these foods left above 41oF for more than 4 hours and repairing unit to ensure foods are held at proper cold holding temperature.
- Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking*
Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) foods in the refrigeration units are not properly dated for disposition.
Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. 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.
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