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NameTOSCANA RISTORANTE
Address6401 CARNEGIE BV
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/4/2020
Final Score @ Grade
94.50 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 2-301.12. Follow the cleaning procedure to adequately wash your hands. Use warm water, soap, scrub 15 secs, rinse, and dry without recontaminating hands. -P Observed employee wash hands and use clean hands to turn off faucet. CDI - EHS instructed employee and discussed with PIC on how to use paper towel to turn off the faucet in order to not recontaminate hands. Employee rewashed hands following proper procedure.
12 0 Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction Yes No No 3-203.12 Retain tag on the bag of shellstock until empty. Record date on the tag when the last shellstock from the container is used. Store tags in chronological order for 90 days. -Pf Observed a few shellstock tags were not in chronological order.
18 1.50 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes No No 3-501.14(B) Quickly cool TCS foods that are prepared from room temperature ingredients. Food must be to 41F within 4 hours. -P Observed stuffed olives prepared at 10 am in a reach in at the bar at 45 F. Stuffed olives were cooled in the reach in. CDI - Stuffed olives were voluntarily discarded.
20 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P Observed salad in prep unit at 48 F and beans in reach in at 48 F. CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded salad and beans. Improvement noted from the last inspection. REPEAT.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No No 3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it is not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P Observed feta cheese in WIC dated 11/17. CDI - Feta was voluntarily discarded by PIC. 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf Observed potatoes cooked yesterday with no date mark. CDI - PIC added a date mark to the potatoes.
31 0 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No No 3-501.15 Quickly cool foods. Use methods such as open/vented shallow pans, large ice baths and active stirring. Cold air must flow around product to remove the heat. -Pf Observed beans cooling in large deep plastic containers with the lids on. Observed stuffed olives and mozzerella cooling covered in reach in units. Observed potatoes ambient cooling on racks at 79 F. Potatoes should have been moved to WIC. CDI - Stuffed olives were voluntarily discareded and it was discussed with food employee that they should be cooled before being put into the reach in. Mozzerella was moved to a shallow pan an placed in the WIC. Potatoes were moved to WIC.
42 0 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No No No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed utensils on clean rack were wet stacked.
43 0 Single-use and single-service articles; properly stored and used No No No 4-903.11(A) Store single-use and single-service articles to prevent contamination and at least 6 inches off the floor. Observed to go trays in boxes on the floor in storage room.
45 1 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No No No 4-501.11 Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment - C Observed plastic piece that holds food on slicer was severely melted. Facility needs to replace this piece.
51 0 Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied and cleaned No No No 5-501.17 Provide a covered waste bin in female restrooms. Observed no covered waste bin in female restroom.
52 0 Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No Yes No 5-501.113(B) Keep dumpster, outside waste containers covered with tight-fitting lids or doors. Observed door on dumpster open. REPEAT.
54 0 Meets ventilation and lighting requirements; designated areas used No No No 6-305.11/6-501.110 Designate and use an area for the orderly storage of employees' clothing and possessions. Observed employee phone sitting on microwave. Observed employee food mixed in with customer food.