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NameLONGHORN STEAKHOUSE
Address16641 STATESVILLE RD
 
City/State/ZIP
HUNTERSVILLE NC 28078
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 7/1/2016
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
6 0 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.12C To avoid recontaminating their hands, food employees may use disposable paper towels or similar clean barrier when touching surfaces such as manually operating handsink faucets or touching the handle of a door. Observed food employee recontaminate hands by bare hand contacting faucets when turing off faucets. Handwashing signs for facility specifically state on step 6 to turn off faucets with paper towel. CDI - reminded to read handwashing sign; please use paper towel to turn faucets off to prevent recontamination.
13 0 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-302.11(A)(2) Separate different types of raw animal foods from other raw animal foods. -P Observed food employee using same spatula at the stove top for chicken, beef, and fish product. Spatula touches raw meats. CDI - advised to use separate cooking utensil for each different product. Observed final cook temperatures were all over 165F. General comment.
20 3 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P REPEAT VIOLATION. Observed product in containers out of temperature. Refer to temperature chart. This is the 3rd inspection in a row where TIME papers have been suggested and given to facility. USE TIME PAPERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. OR GET COLD HOLDING UNIT FIXED. CDI - Advised to discard product. Emailed TPHC paper to facility.
39 0.50 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored Yes No No 3-304.14(B) Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment shall be held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at the proper concentration. Food employee used wrong solution; sanitizer solution was at 0 ppm. CDI - refilled with proper quat solution ( 200 ppm). 3-304.14(E) Store sanitizer containers used for wet wiping cloths off the floor. Observed sanitizer bucket on floor. CDI - placed bucket off of floor.
42 0.50 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No Yes No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. REPEAT VIOLATION. Observed wet stacking of containers.
47 0.50 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-601.11(C )/4-602.13 Non Food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Non food contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil or residue. Observed all ice scooper holders with paint chipped off and rusted. This part touches the ice scoopers. Suggest the plastic ice scoppers and ice scooper holders to prevent rust build up.